Asus Motherboard P5PL2-E User Manual page 44

4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red],
SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
P5PL2-E SATA Connectors
Important notes on Serial ATA
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Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
SATA1/SATA2
SATA3/SATA4
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You must install Windows
Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.
When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the
primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector.
Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive
connections.
Connector
SATA1
SATA4
SATA2
SATA3
2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
®
Color Setting
Red Master
Black Slave
Chapter 2: Hardware information
XP
®
Use
Boot disk
Data disk