Serial Ataii Connectors Controlled By Intel Ich7: Sata1~Sata4 - MSI 945PL Neo Series User Manual

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Serial ATAII Connectors controlled by Intel ICH7: SATA1~SATA4

The SouthBridge of this mainboard is Intel ICH7 which supports four serial ATAII
connectors SATA1~SATA4.SATA1~SATA4 are dual high-speed Serial ATAII interface
ports. Each supports Serial ATAII data rates of 300MB/s. Both connectors are fully
compliant with SATA 1.0 and 2.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can
connect to 1 hard disk device.
Serial ATA cable
Important
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, since this
might cause the loss of data during the transmission.
2-16
SATA4
SATA3
SATA2 SATA1
Connect to SATA1~SATA4
Take off the Dust Cover and
connect to the Hard Disk
Devices