HP Compaq dx 7200 and dc7600 Personal Computers, Technical Reference Guide, 1st Edition
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Input/Output Interfaces
SATA Bus Master Control Registers
The SATA interface can perform PCI bus master operations using the registers listed in Table 
5-5. These registers occupy 16 bytes of variable I/O space set by software and indicated by PCI 
configuration register 20h in the previous table. As indicated, these registers are virtually a copy 
of those used by EIDE operations discussed in the EIDE section. 
SATA Connector
The 7-pin SATA connector is shown in the figure below. 
Figure 5-2. 7-Pin SATA Connector (on system board).
Table 5-5.
IDE Bus Master Control Registers
I/O Addr. 
Offset
Size 
(Bytes) Register Default Value
00h 1 Bus Master IDE Command (Primary)  00h
02h 1 Bus Master IDE Status (Primary) 00h
04h 4 Bus Master IDE Descriptor Pointer (Primary) 0000 0000h
08h 1 Bus Master IDE Command (Secondary)  00h
0Ah 2 Bus Master IDE Status (Secondary) 00h
0Ch 4 Bus Master IDE Descriptor Pointer (Secondary 0000 0000h
Table 5-6.
7-Pin SATA Connector Pinout
Pin Description Pin Description
1Ground 6RX positive
2TX positive 7Ground
3 TX negative A Holding clip
4 Ground B Holding clip
5 RX negative -- --
Pin 1 
Pin 7 
A
B










