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MS-7091 M-ATX Mainboard
Serial ATA Connectors controlled by Intel ICH6: SATA1~SATA4
The SouthBridge of this mainboard is Intel ICH6 which supports four serial ATA
connectors SATA1~SATA4.
SATA1~SATA4 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. 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 note that the hard disk with your operating system installed
should be always connected to SATA1 or SATA2.
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
GND
2
TXP
3
TXN
4
GND
5
RXN
6
RXP
7
GND
SATA1~ SATA4 Pin Definition
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, since
this might cause the loss of data during the transmission.
Connect to serial ATA ports
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
Serial ATA cable
SATA4 SATA3
1
7
SATA2
SATA1
1
7