3.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)

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 “4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.

P5NT WS

P5NT WS SATA connectors

SATA2 SATA4 SATA6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSATA RSATA

RSATA RSATA

 

 

RSATA RSATA

RSATA RSATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RSATA

 

GND RSATA

 

 

RXN4

 

TXN4

 

 

 

 

RXN6

 

TXN6

 

 

 

GND

GND

 

 

 

RXP4_

 

TXP4_

 

 

 

RXP6_

 

TXP6_

 

 

RSATA _

RSATA _

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

TXN2 TXP2

RXN2 RXP2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA1 SATA3 SATA5

 

GND TXP1 RSATA TXN1 RSATA GND RXP1 RSATA RXN1 RSATA GND

 

 

GND TXP3 RSATA TXN3 RSATA GND RXP3 RSATA RXN3 RSATA GND

 

 

GND TXP5 RSATA TXN5 RSATA GND RXP5 RSATA RXN5 RSATA GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Right-angle side

Connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to the SATA device, or connect the right‑angle side of the SATA cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards.

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