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Figure 104. SATA Cable 90º Bend Height Example
Figure 105
example cable, Area C (near the traditional parallel ATA connector sites) is the
recommended placement region to allow the cable to fully bend and avoid any
obstructions.
Figure 105. SATA Host Connector Placement Region Recommendations
Designers must exercise great care to minimize conflicts with I/O cards (e.g., PCI
cards) if Area B must be used. As noted in
conflicts with short PCI cards.
Also, designers can optimize horizontal placement relative to the I/O cards to minimize
conflicts with protrusions from the I/O card.
implementation that places the host connector to left edge of the PCI card keep-out
region.
®
Intel
EP80579 Integrated Processor Product Line
Platform Design Guide
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Intel
EP80579 Integrated Processor Product Line—Serial ATA (SATA) Interface
1.5" AREA C Ref.
R6.6
1.03"
1.03"
1.03"
shows the ATX Specification rev 2.1 height restriction regions. With the
ATX Height Restrictions
ATX Height Restrictions
0.60"
0.60"
0.60"
(I/O Cards)
(I/O Cards)
(I/O Cards)
2.1"
2.1"
2.1"
Alternative
Alternative
Alternative
Placement
Placement
Placement
0.087"
0.087"
0.087"
1.37"
1.37"
1.37"
PCB
PCB
PCB
(Back Panel I/O)
(Back Panel I/O)
A
A
A
2.80"
2.80"
2.80"
B
B
B
C
C
C
1.50"
1.50"
1.50"
Recommended
Placement
Figure
105, the lower 2.1" can reduce
Figure 106
shows an example
May 2010
Order Number: 320068-005US
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