Serial Ata And Hdd Connections; Sata Connectors - Supermicro Super X7SPA-L User Manual

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Serial ATA and HDD Connections

Note the following conditions when connecting the Serial ATA and hard disk drive
cables:
• Be sure to use the correct cable for each connector. Refer to Page 1-1 for cables
that came with your shipment.
• A red mark on a wire indicates the location of pin 1.
• The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A, and the connector
that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B.

SATA Connectors

Six (6) Serial ATA (SATA) connectors
(I-SATA 0~5) are located on the mother-
board, to provide serial link connections.
Serial Link connections provide faster
data transmission than those of the tra-
ditional Parallel ATA. These four SATA
connectors are supported by the Intel
ICH9/9R South Bridge. See the table on
the right for pin definitions.
Note: There are Four (4) SATA ports on
the X7SPA-L.
KB/MOUSE
FAN1
SYS
COM1
J10 J11
J13
JVGA1 J12
LAN1
LAN2
AUDIO FP
JI2C1
CD-in
JSMB1:SMBus1
JSMB1
FAN2 JLPC80
FAN
JBT1:
COMS CLEAR
JPC3
JI2C2 ON:ENABLE
+
OFF:DISABLE
SP1
JBAT1
JPL1
JPL2 JL1 JPG1
JBMC1
JPCIE1 SLOT1 PCI-E X4 (IN X16 SLOT) X7SPA-L
JI2C1 ON:ENABLE REV:1.00
OFF:DISABLE
Pin#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
JPW1
JPI2C1
C
I-SATA2 I-SATA1 I-SATA0
T-SGPIO2 J2
T-SGPIO1
I-SATA5 I-SATA4 I-SATA3
J8 D17
JPUSB1
JOH1
JUSB4
D
JUSB3
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Chapter 2: Installation
SATA Connectors
Pin Definitions
Signal
Ground
SATA_TXP
SATA_TXN
Ground
SATA_RXN
SATA_RXP
Ground
A I-SATA0
B
I-SATA1
C
I-SATA2 (X7SPA-H/-HF)
D
I-SATA3 (X7SPA-H/-HF)
E
I-SATA4
F
I-SATA5
B
A
F
E