MSI 945 Neo5 Series User Manual page 35

Serial ATA II Connectors controlled by Intel ICH7: SATA1~SATA4
The SouthBridge of this mainboard is Intel ICH7 which supports four serial ATA II
connectors SATA1~SATA4.SATA1~SATA4 are dual high-speed Serial ATA II inter-
face ports. Each supports Serial ATA II data rates of 300MB/s. Both connectors are
fully compliant with SATA 1.0 and 2.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can
connect to 1 hard disk device.
Serial ATA cable
Important
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, since this
might cause the loss of data during the transmission.
SATA2 SATA4
SATA1 SATA3
Connect to SATA1~SATA4
Hardware Setup
Take off the Dust Cover and
connect to the Hard Disk
Devices
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