MSI MS-7160 User Manual page 33

M S-7160 ATX M ainboard
Serial ATA Connectors: SATA1 ~ 4 & SATA5 ~ 6
The single chip of this mainboard is nForce4 SLI Intel Edition MCP04 chipset
which supports f our serial ATA connec tors SATA1~SATA4. Silicon Image's
SATARAID of this mainboard supports another two serial ATA connectors SATA5/
SATA6.
SATA1~SATA6 are high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports serial
ATA data rates of 300MB/s. Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 2.0
specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device. Please
refer to the nVidia RAID Introduction & Silicon Image RAID Introduction for detail
software installation procedure.
SATA2
1 7
SATA1
SATA3
1 7
SATA4
SATA5
1 7
SATA6
Connect to SATA5 & SATA6)
(the SATA connectors in BLUE color)
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.
E-2-18
Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL PIN
1 GND 2
3 TXN 4
5 RXN 6
7 GND
Serial ATA cable
(optional)
Connect to serial ATA ports
SIGNAL
TXP
GND
RXP
Extend SATA2 Bracket for
Silicon Image SATAII only
(Optional)
You have to connect the SATA device
which has own independent power supply.
Take out the dust cover
and connect to the hard
disk devices.