Asus P5VDC-TVM - Serial Ata Connectors

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3. Serial ATA connectors
(7-pin SATA1 [black], SATA2 [black])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
Important notes on Serial ATA
• Install the Windows
®
2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
®
XP
Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and
SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
P5VDC-TVM SATA Connectors
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
P5VDC-TVM
®
SATA1
Connector Color Setting Use
SATA1 Black Master Boot Disk
SATA2 Black Slave Data Disk