Asus P5Q-VM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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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 conict with huge graphics
cards.
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. See section 2.3.5 Storage Conguration for details.
AHCI mode is not supported in Windows
®
XP.
right angle side
3. ICH10 Serial ATA connectors [red] (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical disc drives.