C
A
B
Serial ATA
Pin Denitions
Pin# Denition
1 Ground
2 TX_P
3 TX_N
4 Ground
5 RX_N
6 RX_P
7 Ground
Serial ATA Ports
There are six Serial_ATA ports on the
motherboard. I-SATA0/1 support SATA
3.0 connections. I-SATA2~5 are SATA 2.0
ports. These ports provide serial-link signal
connections, which are faster than the con-
nections of Parallel ATA. See the table on
the right for pin denitions.