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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.
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P5E WS PRO
P5E WS Professional
SATA connectors
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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.
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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
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manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector
SATA 1/2
SATA 3/4
SATA 5/6
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.
ASUS TW300-E5/PI4
Color
Blue
Blue
Blue
SATA2
SATA3
SATA6
Setting
Master
Slave
Master
Right angle side
SATA1
SATA4
SATA5
Use
Boot disk
Boot/Data disk
Boot disk
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