Supermicro X7SLM+ - Serial ATA, HDD and Floppy Drive Connections; SATA Connectors

Chapter 2: Installation
2-27
X7SLM/X7SLM+
KB/Mouse
USB 0/1
COM1
VGA
JPL1
LAN1
LAN2
JPL2
LAN
CTRL
Fan4
LAN
CTRL
COM2 Floppy
Battery
Super I/O
SPI BIOS
TPM CTRL
USB2
J45
J46
USB3/4
Fan3
JL1
JBT1
JPT1
JWD
JD1
IDE
PWR Extension
JP3
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
I-SATA2
I-SATA3
Fan2
LE1
FP CTRL
Speaker
SP1
JOH1
Fan1
8-pin PWR
J41
Fan5
CPU Fan
24-pin PWR
JPW1
Intel 945GC
MCH
CPU
DIMM 1A
DIMM 1B
DDR2 Unbuffered Non-ECC 667/533/400 MHz
Slot6 PCI-E x8
Slot5 PCI 33 MHz
Intel ICH 7
JF1
2-9 Serial ATA, HDD and Floppy Drive 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.
• A red mark on a wire indicates the location of pin 1.
• The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A, and the connector
that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B.
A
SATA Connectors
Four Serial ATA (SATA) connectors (I-
SATA 0~3) are located on the mother-
board to provide serial link connections.
Serial Link connections provide faster
data transmission than those of the tra-
ditional Parallel ATA. These four SATA
connectors are supported by the Intel
ICH7 Chip (South Bridge). See the table
on the right for pin denitions.
SATA Connectors
PinDenitions
Pin# Signal
1 Ground
2 SATA_TXP
3 SATA_TXN
4 Ground
5 SATA_RXN
6 SATA_RXP
7 Ground
B
A. I-SATA0
B. I-SATA1
C. I-SATA2
D. I-SATA3
C
D