Asus PK5C Serial ATA hard disk drive connection, Use, Color, Setting, Connector, P5KC SATA connectors, 3.ICH9 Serial ATA connectors

3.ICH9 Serial ATA connectors

(7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])

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

GND	GND		GND	GND	GND		GND
RSATATXP4 RSATATXN4		RSATARXP4 RSATARXN4		RSATATXP1 RSATATXN1		RSATARXP1 RSATARXN1
P5KC	SATA4				SATA1
GND RSATA RXN3 RSATA RXP3 GND RSATA TXN3 RSATA TXP3 GND				GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

P5KC SATA connectors

SATA3 SATA2

When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector	Color	Setting	Use
SATA 1/2	Red	Master	Boot disk
SATA 3/4	Black	Slave	Data 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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