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Chapter 1: Product introduction
6. Intel
®
H61 Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical drives via
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.
• You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
• Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows
®
Vista/Windows
®
7.
Please use IDE Mode on Windows
®
XP.
• [IDE] is the default SATA type Using Windows
®
XP, there is no need to change the
SATA type.
• To congure the default SATA type in BIOS, click
Advanced Mode > Advanced tab >
SATA Conguration > SATA Mode Selection.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the
SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.5.3 SATA Conguration for details.
SATA3G_3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND
SATA3G_1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
SATA3G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA3G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
P8H61-M LK R2.0 SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
P8H61-M LK R2.0