ASRock P45TS Quick Installation Guide - Page 20

Primary IDE connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.2/3 No. 8) connect the blue end to the motherboard connect the black end to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Serial ATAII Connectors (SATAII_1 (Port0): see p.2/3, No. 11) (SATAII_2 (Port1): see p.2/3, No. 12) (SATAII_3 (Port2): see p.2/3, No. 13) (SATAII_4 (Port3): see p.2/3, No. 14) (SATAII_5 (Port4): see p.2/3, No. 16) (SATAII_6 (Port5): see p.2/3, No. 15) SATAII_5 SATAII_3 SATAII_1 (Port4) (Port2) (Port0) SATAII_6 SATAII_4 SATAII_2 (Port5) (Port3) (Port1) These six Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATAII interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. SATAII_6 (Port5) connector can be used for internal storage device or be connected to eSATAII connector to support eSATAII device. Please read "eSATAII Interface Introduction" on page 25 for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP: see p.2, No. 39 or p.3, No. 38) eSATAII_TOP This eSATAII connector supports SATA data cable for external SATAII function. The current eSATAII interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on this motherboard. You can also use the SATA data cable to connect SATAII_6 (Port5) connector and eSATAII connector. 20 ASRock P45TS-R / P45TS Motherboard English