User`s manual

Chapter 2: Installation
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2-9 SATA Connections
SATA Connections (I-SATA0~I-SATA5)
Two Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 connectors (I-SATA 0/1) are located on the motherboard.
In addition, four SATA 2.0 (I-SATA 2~5) connectors are also located on the board.
The SATA 2 ports are supported by the Intel P67 PCH chip; while SATA 3.0 ports
are supported by the Intel PCH and Marvel SATA Controllers. The SATA 3.0 ports
support RAID 0, 1 while the SATA 2.0 ports support RAID 0, 1, 5 &10. These Serial
Link connections provide faster data transmission than legacy Parallel ATA. See
the table on the right for pin denitions.
SATA 2.0/3.0 Connectors
PinDenitions
Pin# Signal
1 Ground
2 SATA_TXP
3 SATA_TXN
4 Ground
5 SATA_RXN
6 SATA_RXP
7 Ground
B
A. I-SATA 3.0 #0
B. I-SATA 3.0 #1
C. I-SATA 2.0 #2
D. I-SATA 2.0 #3
E. I-SATA 2.0 #4
F. I-SATA 2.0 #5
E
D
C7Q67 SATA Connector Types
Port# Connection Type
I-SATA 0/1, SATA 3.0
I-SATA 2/3/4/5 SATA 2.0
C
F