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Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors: SATA-1/SATA-2
The mainboard has 2 SATA connectors. The mainboard provides optional
dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports, SATA-1 & SATA-2. Each supports
1
st
generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Both connectors are fully
compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can
connect to 1 hard disk device. Please refer to Serial ATA Raid manual for detail
software installation procedure.
SA
T
A-1
SA
T
A-2
Connectors
PIN
SIGNAL
1
GND
2
TXP
3
TXN
4
GND
5
RXN
6
RXP
7
GND
SA
SA
SA
SA
SATTTTTA
A
A
A
A-1&SA
-1&SA
-1&SA
-1&SA
-1&SATTTTTA
A
A
A
A-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
1)
If SATA ports were used, For PATA controller, either the primary or secondary
can be used, but not both.
2)
PATA devices only: Max. support 4 devices.
3)
SATA devices only: Max. support 2 devices.
4)
PATA+SATA: Max. support 4 devices(2 PATA + 2 SATA).
5)
Some OS(e.g. Windows XP and future OS) can support Max. 6 devices
(2 SATA + 4 PATA).
