Hardware Setup
Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by VT8237: SATA1 & SATA2
The Southbridge of this mainboard is VIA VT8237 which supports two serial connectors SATA1& SATA2.
SATA1 & SATA2 are dual
SATA1 & SATA2 Pin Definition
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| 5 | RXN | 6 | RXP |
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| 7 | GND |
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Take out the dust cover and
Optional Serial ATA cableconnect to the hard disk devices
Connect to SATA1 or SATA2
MSIRemindsYou...
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a