Asus P5PL2 Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

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

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

	SATA1						SATA4
		RXN1 RXP1			TXN1 TXP1			RXN2 RXP2		TXN2 TXP2
		RSATA				RSATA GND
				GND				RSATA RSATA		RSATA RSATA GND
P5PL2	GND		RSATA		RSATA		GND		GND
	SATA2						SATA3
	GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND						GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

P5PL2 SATA Connectors

Important notes on Serial ATA

•You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.

•When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector	Color	Setting	Use
SATA1/SATA2	Red	Master	Boot disk
SATA3/SATA4	Black	Slave	Data disk

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