3. Seri al ATA connectors (7-pi n SATA1 [ red], SATA2 [ bl ack], SATA3 [ red], SATA4 [ bl ack] )

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives.

• These connectors are Disabled by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, enable the First, Second, Third or Fourth SATA Master RAID items in Advanced > Onboard Devi ces Confi gurati on > NVRAI D Confi guration of the BIOS. See section “2.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration” on page 2-30 for details.

P5N-E SLI

SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1

GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1

GND

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2

GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2

GND

GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3

GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3

GND

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4

GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4

GND

P5N-E SLI SATA Connectors

These connectors support Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, Hot Swap and smart setup.

4. Audi o connectors (4-pi n CD)

These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV-tuner, or MPEG card.

P5N-E SLI

CD (black)

Right Audio Channel

Ground

Ground

Left Audio Channel

P5N-E SLI Internal Audio Connector

ASUS P5N-ESLI

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