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Service Reference Guide, dx7300
Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features
4.2 SATA Hard Drive Cables
4.2.1 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.
4.2.2 SATA Power Cable
Pin Number
Usage
Device Plug
Host Plug
P1
Ground
Ground
Ground
P2*
A+
Transmit data
Receive data
P3*
A-
Transmit data
Receive data
P4
Ground
Ground
Ground
P5**
B-
Receive data
Transmit data
P6**
B+
Receive data
Transmit data
P7
Ground
Ground
Ground
*P2 and P3 differential signal pair
**P5 and P6 differential signal pair
Pin
Usage
Notes
Pin
Usage
Notes
P1
V3.3
3.3 V power
P9
V5
5 V power
P2
V3.3
3.3 V power
P10
Ground
P3
V3.3
3.3 V power
P11
Ground
P4
Ground
P12
Ground
P5
Ground
P13
V 12
12 V power
P6
Ground
P14
V12
12 V power
P7
V5
5 V power
P15
V12
12 V power
P8
V5
5 V power