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Chapter 2
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BAT-I3 USER MANUAL
2-4-4. Installing a Hard Disk Drive/SATA Hard Drive
About SATA Connectors
Your motherboard features one SATA connector supporting one drive. SATA refers to
Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard interface for the IDE
hard drives which are currently used in most PCs. These connectors are well
designed and will only fit in one orientation. Locate the SATA connectors on the
motherboard and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives.
To install the Hard Disk Drive (HDD)/Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives, use the HDD/SATA
cable that supports the Hard Disk Drive/Serial ATA protocol. This HDD/SATA cable
comes with a HDD/SATA power cable. You can connect the comb end of the HDD/
SSATA cable to the Hard Disk Drive and connect the other end to the connectors on
the motherboard.
Refer to the illustration below for proper installation:
1 Attach the comb end of the HDD/SATA cable to the Hard Disk Drive.
2 Attach the other ends to the connectors on the motherboard.
This section describes how to install a Hard Disk Drive/SATA Hard Drive.