3.nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Serial ATA connectors [red] (7-pin SATA1-6)

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

 

GND

SATA5

GND

SATA6

 

RSATA_TXP5

 

RSATA_TXP6

 

 

RSATA_TXN5

 

RSATA_TXN6

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

RSATA_RXP5

 

RSATA_RXP6

 

 

RSATA_RXN5

 

RSATA_RXN6

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

SATA3

GND

SATA4

 

RSATA_TXP3

 

RSATA_TXP4

 

 

RSATA_TXN3

 

RSATA_TXN4

 

P5N64 WS PRO

GND

 

GND

 

RSATA_RXP3

 

RSATA_RXP4

 

 

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN3

 

RSATA_RXN4

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

SATA1

GND

SATA2

 

RSATA_TXP1

 

RSATA_TXP2

 

 

RSATA_TXN1

 

RSATA_TXN2

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

RSATA_RXP1

 

RSATA_RXP2

 

 

RSATA_RXN1

 

RSATA_RXN2

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

P5N64 WS Professional SATA connectors

• Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

•These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the nVIDIA RAID Function item in the BIOS to [Enabled]. See section 4.3.7 IDE Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA 1/2

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA 3/4

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA 5/6

Red

Master

Boot disk

 

right angle side

Connect the right-angle side

of SATA signal cable to SATA

 

device. Or you may connect the

 

right-angle side of SATA cable to

 

the onboard SATA port to avoid

 

mechanical conflict with huge

 

graphics cards.

 

 

 

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