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ASUS P5E3 WS Professional 2-23
10. Microphone port (pink). This port connects a microphone.
11. Side Speaker Out port (gray).
This port connects the side speakers in an
8-channel audio conguration.
12. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4.
These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports
are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.
13. External SATA ports
. These ports connect to external Serial ATA hard disk
drives. To congure a RAID 0, 1, 5 or 10 set, install an external Serial ATA
hard disk drive to the external Serial ATA port and an internal Serial ATA
hard disk drive to the onboard Serial ATA connectors labeled EXT_SATA1 or
EXT_SATA2.
Refer to the audio conguration table below for the function of the audio ports in
2, 4, 6, or 8-channel conguration.
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel conguration
Port
Headset
2-channel
4-channel 6-channel 8-channel
Light Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In
Lime Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out
Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Mic In
Orange – – Center/Subwoofer Center/Subwoofer
Black – Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Ou Rear Speaker Out
Gray – – – Side Speaker Out
The external SATA ports
support external Serial ATA
3.0 Gb/s devices. Longer
cables support higher power
requirements to deliver signal
up to two meters away, and
enables improved hot-swap
function.
• Before creating a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure that you
have connected the Serial ATA signal cables and installed Serial ATA hard
disk drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the Marvell RAID utility and SATA
setup during POST.
• If you intend to create a RAID conguration using one of these connectors,
set the Marvell SATA/PATA Controller item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode].
See section 4.5.3 OnBoard Devices Conguration for details.