Connecting Serial Ata Cables - EVGA 730i - nForce Motherboard - ATX User Manual

Connecting Serial ATA Cables

The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the
motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for
primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to
300MB/s data transfer rate.
There are eight (8) serial ATA II connectors on the motherboard. SATA ports 1
through 3 support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1 and JBOD
configurations. The SATA 4 port uses the JMicron JMB363 and only supports
RAID 0, RAID 1.
Note:
EVGA
16
SATA 3
SATA 2
SATA C1 (top)
SATA B1 (top)
SATA C0 (bottom)
SATA B0 (bottom)
The SATA3 port only supports AHCI and RAID
mode. It does not support IDE mode.
SATA 4
SATA D1 (top)
SATA D0 (bottom)
SATA 1
SATA A1 (top)
SATA A0 (bottom)
TX-
TX-
RX+ TX+
GND
GND GND
Connect the locking cable
end to the motherboard
connector.
Connect the end without
the lock to the drive.