Serial Ata Hdd Connectors: Sata1/Sata2 - MSI K8NM-FISR User Manual

Serial ATA HDD Connectors: SATA1/SATA2

The mainboard provides dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. The ports sup-
st
port 1 generation Serial ATA data rates of 150MB/s and are fully compliant with
Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk
drive.
1 7
SATA2
Optional Serial ATA cable
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90-degree angle. Otherwise,
the loss of data may occur during transmission.
PIN
1
3
1 7
5
SATA1
7
Hardware Setup
Pin Definition
SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL
GND 2 TXP
TXN 4 GND
RXN 6 RXP
GND
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
Connect to SATA1 or SATA2
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