Serial Ata Hard Disk Drive Connection - Asus P5LD2-C IPAT User Manual

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.
P5LD2-C/IPAT SATA Connectors
• 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.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector
SATA1/SATA2
SATA3/SATA4
ASUS P5LD2-C/IPAT
SATA1
SATA2
SATA3
SATA4
2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
®
Color Setting
Red Master
Black Slave
XP
®
Use
Boot disk
Data disk
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