Asus Z7S WS Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

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

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

Z7S WS

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.

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