Technical data

Maxtor DiamondMax 17 80-160GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 3-5
Installation
3.3.2 Serial ATA Bus Connector
Some PC motherboards have a built in Serial ATA connector. These Serial ATA
connectors are compatible with DiamondMax 17 80-160GB Serial ATA hard disk
drives. If the motherboard has a Serial ATA connector, simply connect a 7 pin Serial
ATA cable between the drive and the motherboard. See figure 3-5
3.3.3 Adapter Board
If you do not have a built-in Serial ATA interface connector, you must install a Serial
ATA adapter board and connecting cable to allow the drive to interface with your
system. Maxtor does not supply such an adapter board, but they are available from
several third-party vendors.
Please carefully read the instruction manual that comes with your adapter board to
ensure signal compatibility between the adapter board and the drive. Also, make sure
that the adapter board jumper settings are appropriate.
There are total of 7 pins in the signal segment and 15 pins in the power segment. The
pin definitions are shown in the following table (Table 3-1). Note that the pin is
numbered from the pin furthest from the power segment.