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MS-7176 ATX Mainboard
Serial ATAII Connectors controlled by Intel ICH7: SATA1~SATA4
The SouthBridge of this mainboard is Intel ICH7 which supports four serial ATA
connectors SATA1~SATA4.
SATA1~SATA4 are dual high-speed Serial ATAII interface ports. Each supports
Serial ATAII data rates of 3Gb/s. Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA
1.0 and 2.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk
device.
PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL
1 GND 2 TXP
3 TXN 4 GND
5 RXN 6 RXP
7 GND
SATA1~ SATA4 Pin Definition
MSI Reminds You...
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, since
this might cause the loss of data during the transmission.
Connect to serial ATA ports
Take out the dust cover and
connect to the hard disk
devices
Serial ATA cable
SATA4
SATA3
1
7
SATA2 SATA1