Sata Hard Drive Cables; Sata Data Cable; Sata Power Cable - HP Rp3000 - Point of Sale System Reference Manual

SATA Hard Drive Cables

SATA Data Cable

Always use an HP approved SATA 3.0 Gb/s cable as it is fully backwards compatible with the SATA 1.5
Gb/s drives.
Current HP desktop products ship with SATA 3.0 Gb/s hard drives.
SATA data cables are susceptible to damage if overflexed. Never crease a SATA data cable and never
bend it tighter than a 30 mm (1.18 in) radius.
The SATA data cable is a thin, 7-pin cable designed to transmit data for only a single drive. As shown
in the table, each cable has 3 grounds, and 4 transmit/receive pins.
Pin Number
P1
P2*
P3*
P4
P5**
P6**
P7
*P2 and P3 differential signal pair
**P5 and P6 differential signal pair

SATA Power Cable

Pin
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
P8
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Usage
Ground
A+
A-
Ground
B-
B+
Ground
Usage Notes
V3.3 3.3 V power
V3.3 3.3 V power
V3.3 3.3 V power
Ground
Ground
Ground
V5 5 V power
V5 5 V power
Device Plug
Ground
Transmit data
Transmit data
Ground
Receive data
Receive data
Ground
Pin Usage
P9 V5
P10 Ground
P11 Ground
P12 Ground
P13 V12
P14 V12
P15 V12
Host Plug
Ground
Receive data
Receive data
Ground
Transmit data
Transmit data
Ground
Notes
5 V power
12 V power
12 V power
12 V power