MSI K8N Neo4-F User Manual

Hardware Setup
E-2-17
CD-In Connector: JCD1
The connector is for CD-ROM audio connector.
JCD1
Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by
nForce4 Ultra: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4;
Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by
Silicon Image’s SATARAID5
TM
: SATA5 / SATA6 / SATA7 / SATA8
(Optional)
The Southbridge of this mainboard is nForce4 Ultra which supports four serial
ATA connectors SATA1~SATA4. Silicon Image’s SATARAID5
TM
of this mainboard sup-
ports another four serial ATA connectors SATA5~SATA8.
SATA1~SATA8 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports
1
st
generation serial ATA data rates of 300MB/s(SATA1-4)/150 MB/s(SATA5-8). Both
connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA
connector can connect to 1 hard disk device. Please refer to the nVidia RAID
Introduction & Silicon Image RAID Introduction for detail software installation
procedure.
GND
R
L
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which will
cause the loss of data during the transmission.
Take out the dust cover
and connect to the hard
disk devices
PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL
1 GND 2 TXP
3 TXN 4 GND
5 RXN 6 RXP
7 GND
SATA1~ SATA8 Pin Definition
SATA6
SATA5
1
7
SATA7
SATA8
1
7
SATA4
SATA2
SATA1
1
7
SATA3
1
7
Serial ATA cable
(Optional)
Connect to serial ATA ports

MSI K8N Neo4-F Specifications

General

Brand	MSI
Model	K8N Neo4-F
Category	Motherboard
Language	English