Nforce4 Sli: Sata1 / Sata2 / Sata3 / Sata4; Silicon Image's Sataraid: Sata5 / Sata6; Cd-In Connector: Jcd1 - MSI K8N Diamond User Manual

M S-7100 ATX M ainboard
Seri al ATA/ Seri al ATA RAID Con n ecto rs co ntro ll ed b y

nForce4 SLI: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4;

Seri al ATA/ Seri al ATA RAID Con n ecto rs co ntro ll ed b y

Silicon Image's SATARAID: SATA5 / SATA6

The single chip of this mainboard is nForce4 SLI which supports four serial
ATA connectors SATA1~SATA4. Silicon Image's SATARAID of this mainboard sup-
ports another two serial ATA connectors SATA5/ SATA6.
SATA1~SATA6 are high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports serial
ATA data rates of 300MB/s. Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0
specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device. Please
refer to the nVidia RAID Introduction & Silicon Image RAID Introduction for detail
software installation procedure.
SATA4
1
7
SATA3
SATA2
1
7
SATA1
Connect to serial ATA ports
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.

CD-In Connector: JCD1

The connector is for CD-ROM audio connector.
2-18
SATA5 SATA6
1 1
7 7
Serial ATA cable
(optional)
SATA1~ SATA6 Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL PIN
1 GND 2
3 TXN 4
5 RXN 6
7 GND
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
JCD1
SIGNAL
TXP
GND
RXP
R
GND
GND
L