Serial Ata Connectors: Sata1~Sata4 - MSI E7230 Master-FA4R User Manual

Serial ATA Connectors: SATA1~SATA4

The ICH7R south bridge supports four serial ATA connectors SATA1~SATA4.
SATA1~SATA4 are high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports serial ATA
data rates of 300MB/s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specifications. Each
Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device. Please refer to Appendix B
for detailed software installation & operation.
SATA1~4
Connect to serial ATA ports
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90-degree angle. Otherwise,
the loss of data may occur during transmission.
PIN
7
1
3
1
5
7
Serial ATA Cable (Optional)
Hardware Setup
SATA1/2/3/4 Pin Definition
SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL
GND 2 TXP
TXN 4 GND
RXN 6 RXP
GND
Take out the dust cover
and connect to the hard
disk devices
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