Serial Ata Drive Guidelines And Features; Sata 3.0 Hard Drives - HP COMPAQ DX2710 MT Service & Reference Manual

Serial ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

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Serial ATA = SATA
HP does not support the use of a PATA (IDE) hard drive / optical drive on these models of
computer.
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SATA 3.0 Hard Drives

Serial ATA Hard Drive Characteristics
Number of pins/conductors in data cable
Number of pins in power cable
Maximum data cable length
Data interface voltage differential
Drive voltages
Jumpers for configuring drive
Data transfer rate, 80 GB and greater
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When attaching the SATA cable to the system board always connect the primary hard drive to
SATA 0.
Service Reference Guide 483941-001
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15
39.37 in (100 cm)
400-700 mV
3.3 V, 5V, 12 V
N/A
3.0 Gb/s
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