User's Manual

Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
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5-12 SATA and Floppy Drive Connections
SATA Port
Pin Defi nitions
(I-SATA0 ~ I-SATA5)
Pin # Defi nition
1 Ground
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 Ground
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 Ground
SATA Ports
Six Serial ATA (SATA) ports (I-SATA
0~5) are located on the X8SIL-F
motherboard (4 SATA ports on the
X8SIL). These Serial Link connections
provide faster data transmission than
traditional Parallel ATA. See the table
on the right for pin defi nitions.
Floppy Connector
The fl oppy connector is located next
to the DIMM slots on the motherboard.
See the table on the right for pin
defi nitions.
Note the following when connecting
the fl oppy cable:
The fl oppy disk drive cable has
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seven twisted wires.
A red mark on a wire typically des-
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ignates the location of pin 1.
A single fl oppy disk drive ribbon
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cable has 34 wires and two con-
nectors to provide for two fl oppy
disk drives. The connector with
twisted wires always connects to
drive A, and the connector that
does not have twisted wires al-
ways connects to drive B.
Floppy Drive Connector
Pin Defi nitions (Floppy)
Pin# Defi nition Pin # Defi nition
1 Ground 2 FDHDIN
3 Ground 4 Reserved
5 Key 6 FDEDIN
7 Ground 8 Index
9 Ground 10 Motor Enable
11 Ground 12 Drive Select B
13 Ground 14 Drive Select B
15 Ground 16 Motor Enable
17 Ground 18 DIR
19 Ground 20 STEP
21 Ground 22 Write Data
23 Ground 24 Write Gate
25 Ground 26 Track 00
27 Ground 28 Write Protect
29 Ground 30 Read Data
31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select
33 Ground 34 Diskette