3.ICH9R Serial ATA connectors [blue] (7-pin SATA1-6)

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

P5E WS PRO

P5E WS Professional SATA connectors

GND TXP2_RSATA TXN2_RSATA GND RXP2_RSATA RXN2_RSATA GND

GND TXP1_RSATA TXN1_RSATA GND RXP1_RSATA RXN1_RSATA GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND TXP3_RSATA TXN3_RSATA GND RXP3_RSATA RXN3_RSATA GND

GND TXP4_RSATA TXN4_RSATA GND RXP4_RSATA RXN4_RSATA GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND TXP6_RSATA TXN6_RSATA GND RXP6_RSATA RXN6_RSATA GND

GND TXP5_RSATA TXN5_RSATA GND RXP5_RSATA RXN5_RSATA GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 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.

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 Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.

Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.1 RAID Configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA 1/2

Blue

Master

Boot disk

SATA 3/4

Blue

Slave

Boot/Data disk

SATA 5/6

Blue

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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