Sata Connectors - Asus P5E3 Premium WiFi-APn User Manual

3. ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [red])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5,
and 10 configuration with the Intel
onboard Intel
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SATA connectors

• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk 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 5.4.3 Intel RAID Configuration or the
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manual bundled in the motherboard support CD.
• You must install the Windows
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10) is
available only if you are using Windows
• When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary
(boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5 connector.
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to
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[AHCI]. See section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.
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.
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ICH9R RAID controller.
SATA1
SATA3
SATA5
Matrix Storage Technology through the
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GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXN2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXN4
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXN6
GND
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA
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XP or later version.
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right angle side
SATA2
GND
GND
GND
SATA4
GND
GND
GND
SATA6
GND
GND
GND
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