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X9SCV-Q User's Manual

2-8 Serial ATA and HDD Connections

Note the following conditions when connecting the Serial ATA and hard disk drive

cables:

• Be sure to use the correct cable for each connector. Refer to Page 1-1 for cables

that came with your shipment.

I-SATA1 (3.0)

I-SATA2 (3.0)

I-SATA3

I-SATA4

I-SATA5

I-SATA6

SATA Connections (SATA1~SATA6)

Two Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 connectors (I-SATA 1/2) are located on the motherboard.

In addition, four SATA 2.0 (I-SATA 3~6) connectors are also located on the board.

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 below 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

C7Q67 SATA Connector Types

Port# Connection Type Connector Color

SATA 1/2, SATA 3.0 White

SATA 3/4/5/6 SATA 2.0 Black