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

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

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z7S WS SATA connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•SATA 5-6 connectors support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. Make sure

to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the bundled support DVD before connecting devices to SATA 5-6 connectors. Otherwise, the devices will not work.

•When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 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 Storage Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 Intel RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA 1

Red

Primary Master

Boot disk

SATA 2

Red

Secondary Master

Boot/Data disk

SATA 3

Red

Primary Slave

Data disk

SATA 4

Red

Secondary Slave

Data disk

Connect the right-angle side

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.

 

 

 

ASUS Z7S WS

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