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Chapter 2: Hardware information
3. 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.
Important notes on Serial ATA
• You must install Windows
®
2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
®
XP
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
Color
Setting
Use
SATA1/SATA2
Red
Master
Boot disk
SATA3/SATA4
Black
Slave
Data disk
R
P5PL
2
SATA4
SATA1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
G
ND
SATA3
SATA2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
G
ND
P5PL2 SATA Connectors