User Manual

ASUS P5K3 Deluxe
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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.
right angle side
• You must install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is
available only if you are using Windows
®
XP or later version.
• When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary
(boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5 connector. Refer to the table below
for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector Color Setting Use
SATA1/2/5/6 Red Master Boot disk
SATA3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Congure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 4.3.6 SATA Conguration for details.