ASROCK P45R200 Installation Manual page 33

1. If you just plan to install one eSATAII device to this motherboard, it is recom-
mended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield. In order to enable
the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect one of the orage
SATAII connectors (SATAII_6 (Port5); see p.2/3 No.16) and one of the orange
eSATAII connectors (eSATAII_BOTTOM (Port5); see p.2/3 No.2) with a SATA
data cable first. Then the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield is enabled.
Connect the SATA data cable
to one of the orange SATAII
connector (SATAII_6 (Port5))
2. If you plan to install two eSATAII devices to this motherboard, you need to enable
both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield. In order to enable the
top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield, you have to connect one of
the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (Port5); see p.2/3 No.16) and one of the
orange eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM (Port5); see p.2/3 No.2) with a
SATA data cable first, and then connect the other orange SATAII connector
(SATAII_5 (Port4); see p.2/3 No.17) and the other orange eSATAII connector
(eSATAII_TOP (Port4); see p.2/3 No.3) with the other SATA data cable. After that,
both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield are enabled.
Connect the SATA data
cables to both orange
SATAII connectors
(SATAII_6 (Port5) and
SATAII_5 (Port4))
ASRock P45R2000-WiFi / P45R2000 / P45TurboTwins2000 Motherboard
Connect the SATA data
cable to one of the
orange eSATAII connector
(eSATAII_BOTTOM (Port5))
Connect the SATA
data cables to both
orange eSATAII
connectors
(eSATAII_BOTTOM (Port5)
and eSATAII_TOP (Port4))
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