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Hardware Setup

MSI Reminds You...

Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, for this

might cause the loss of data during the transmission.

PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

1 GND 2 TXP

3 TXN 4 GND

5 RXN 6 RXP

7 GND

SATA1~ SATA2 Pin Definition

Serial ATA / Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by ICH5 / ICH5R:

SATA1, SATA2

The Southbridge of this mainboard is ICH5/ICH5R which supports two serial

connectors SATA1 & SATA2.

SATA1 & SATA2 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each sup-

ports 1

generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Both connectors are fully

compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect

to 1 hard disk device.

For the advanced functions of the Serial ATA RAID, please refer to Chapter

5: Introduction to Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID for details.

SATA2 SATA1

Connect to serial ATA ports

Take out the dust cover and

connect to the hard disk

devices

Optional Serial ATA cable

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