Gigabyte GA-7TESM User Manual page 28

GA-7TESM Motherboard
17/18 ) SGPIO_JP2/SGPIO_JP1 (ICH10 SGPIO connectors)
SGPIO is stands for Serial General Purpose Input/Output which is a 4-signal (or 4-wire) bus used
between a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and a backplane. Out of the 4 signals, 3 are driven by the
HBA and 1 is driven by the backplane. Typically, the HBA is a storage controller located inside a
server, desktop, rack or workstation computer that interfaces with Hard disk drives (HDDs) to
store and retrieve data.
SGPIO_JP2
SGPIO_JP1
SGPIO_JP1
1
Pin No.
1
2
3
4
5
SGPIO_JP2
Pin No.
1
2
3
4
5
2 8
Definition
GND
NC
ICH_SATA_SDATA0
ICH_SATA_SLOAD
ICH_SATA_SCLOCK
Definition
GND
NC
ICH_SATA_SDATA1
ICH_SATA_SLOAD
ICH_SATA_SCLOCK