Instruction manual

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MS-7174 M-ATX Mainboard

Serial ATA Connectors controlled by Intel ICH6 SATA1~SATA2

The Southbridge of this mainboard is ICH6 which supports two serial connec-

tors SATA1 & SATA2.

SATA1 & SATA2 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports

generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Both connectors are fully compliant

with Serial ATA 1.0 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

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

SATA2

SATA1