Drive Xpert SATA connectors

[payam_ir]

Hello,
what is the difference between sata and sata-e1 in P5Q mobo

 

[jsc]

P45 chipset supports 6 SATA ports. The other two (E1 & E2) use an embedded Silicon Image controller to give 2 more SATA ports.

 

[Guest]

what is this "embedded Silicon Image controller" you speak of?

 

[jgutz2006]

Basically the P45 chipset supports only 6 SATA devices, so your motherboard manufacturer wanted to give the users up to 8 which requires an additional SATA controller. These 2 ports will work just like any other but if your trying to use RAID to pair disks together, these will not be able to communicate with the main 6 unless you use windows or software to combine volumes

 

[D IKE E]

Here you find how to use both orange and white ports as normal S-ATA-ports incl. hot plugging!