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P5N32-SLI PREMIUM

PRI_IDE

NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.

PIN 1

P5N32-SLI PREMIUM IDE connector

3.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, SATA6)

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

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID

1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD configuration with���� the��� �������onboard NVIDIA������®

MediaShield™ RAID controller.

The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, enable the RAID Enabled item under the Serial ATA Configuration sub-menu in the BIOS. See section “4.4.7 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.

P5N32-SLI PREMIUM	SATA1			SATA3			SATA5
		GND RXN1 RSATA RXP1 RSATA GND TXN1 RSATA TXP1 RSATA GND			GND RXN3 RSATA RXP3 RSATA GND TXN3 RSATA TXP3 RSATA GND			GND RXN5 RSATA RXP5 RSATA GND TXN5 RSATA TXP5 RSATA GND
	SATA2			SATA4			SATA6
		GND RSATA RSATA GND RSATA RSATA GND			GND RSATA RSATA GND RSATA RSATA GND			GND RSATA RSATA GND RSATA RSATA GND
		TXN2 TXP2	RXN2 RXP2		TXN4 TXP4	RXN4 RXP4		TXN6 TXP6	RXN6 RXP6

P5N32-SLI PREMIUM SATA connectors

These connectors support Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Power

Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, Hot Swap and smart setup.

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