Sata Bus Adapter - Maxtor DiamondMax10 80 Installation And Use Manual

Installation
3.3.2

SATA BUS ADAPTER

There are two ways you can configure a system to allow the DiamondMax 10 hard
disk drives to communicate over the Serial ATA bus of an IBM or IBM-compatible
PC:
1. Connect the drive to a Serial ATA bus connector on the motherboard of
the PC.
2. Install an IDE-compatible adapter board in the PC, and connect the
drive to the adapter board.
Some PC motherboards have a built in Serial ATA bus connector. These Serial ATA
bus connectors are compatible with DiamondMax 10 Serial ATA hard disk drives.If
the motherboard has a Serial ATA connector, simply connect a 7 pin Serial ATA
cable between the drive and the motherboard.
3.3.3 Adapter Board
If your PC motherboard does not contain a built-in Serial ATA bus interface
connector, you must install a Serial ATA bus adapter board and connecting cable to
allow the drive to interface with the motherboard. Maxtor does not supply such an
adapter board, but they are available from several third-party vendors.
Please carefully read the instruction manual that comes with your adapter board to
ensure signal compatibility between the adapter board and the drive. Also, make sure
that the adapter board jumper settings are appropriate.
3-6 DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Serial ATA