Serial Ata Connectors Controlled By Vt8237: Sata1 & Sata2 - MSI G52-M6734XD Owner's Manual

Serial ATA Connectors controlled by VT8237: SATA1 & SATA2 (for
KM4AM only)
The Southbridge of the KM4AM mainboard is VIA VT8237 which supports two serial
connectors SATA1& SATA2.
SATA1 & SATA2 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports 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.
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Optional Serial ATA cable
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.
SATA1 & SATA2 Pin Definition
Pin
SATA1
1
3
SATA2
5
7
Connect to SATA1 or SATA2
Hardware Setup
Signal Pin Signal
GND 2 TXP
TXN 4 ND
RXN 6 RXP
GND
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
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