MSI 915GM-FR User Manual - Page 28

Serial ATA HDD Connectors: SATA1 & SATA2

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M S-7033 M -ATX M ainboard Serial ATA HDD Connectors: SATA1 & SATA2 The mainboard provides dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. The ports support 1st generation Serial ATA data rates of 150MB/s and are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk drive. SATA2 1 7 SATA1 7 1 SATA1/SATA2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 3 TXN 5 RXN 7 GND PIN SIGNAL 2 TXP 4 GND 6 RXP Serial ATA cable Connect to serial ATA ports Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk d evi c es MSI Reminds You... Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which will cause the loss of data during the transmission. 2-16

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MS-7033 M-ATX Mainboard
Connect to serial ATA ports
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
Serial ATA cable
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
GND
2
TXP
3
TXN
4
GND
5
RXN
6
RXP
7
GND
SATA1/SATA2 Pin Definition
7
1
SATA2
SATA1
1
7
Serial ATA HDD Connectors: SATA1 & SATA2
The mainboard provides dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. The ports sup-
port 1
st
generation Serial ATA data rates of 150MB/s and are fully compliant with
Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk
drive.
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which will
cause the loss of data during the transmission.