3.ICH9R Serial ATA connectors [blue]
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 |
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| GND TXP3_RSATA TXN3_RSATA GND RXP3_RSATA RXN3_RSATA GND | GND TXP4_RSATA TXN4_RSATA GND RXP4_RSATA RXN4_RSATA GND | |||||||||||||||||
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| GND TXP6_RSATA TXN6_RSATA GND RXP6_RSATA RXN6_RSATA GND | GND TXP5_RSATA TXN5_RSATA GND RXP5_RSATA RXN5_RSATA GND | |||||||||||||||||
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• 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 connectionConnector | 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 |
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the onboard SATA port to avoid |
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mechanical conflict with huge |
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graphics cards. |
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