5.NVIDIA nForce 730i Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA4 [red], SATA5 [black], SATA6 [black])

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

P5N7A-VM

P5N7A-VM SATA Connectors

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.

•SATA 5 and SATA 6 connectors support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. Ensure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the bundled support DVD before connecting devices to SATA 5 and SATA 6 connectors; otherwise, the devices will not work.

ASUS P5N7A-VM

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