Serial Ata/Serial Ata Raid Connectors Controlled - MSI K8N Neo Platinum User Manual

Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by nForce3 250:
SATA1~SATA2 (Optional)
The chipset of this mainboard is nForce3 250 which supports two serial ATA
connectors SATA1 and SATA2.
SATA1 and SATA2 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each sup-
st
ports 1 generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Both connectors are fully
compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect
to 1 hard disk device. Please refer to the Chapter 5: nVIDIA RAID Introduction for
detail software installation procedure.
SATA4
SATA3
Serial ATA cable
Connect to serial ATA ports
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which will
cause the loss of data during the transmission.
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Hardware Setup
SATA1~ SATA2 Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL PIN
1 GND 2
3 TXN 4
5 RXN 6
7 GND
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
SIGNAL
TXP
GND
RXP
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