Connecting Serial ATA Cables
The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate.
There are six serial ATA connectors on the motherboard that support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1 and JBOD configurations.
SATA 3 | SATA 5 |
SATA 4 | SATA 6 |
SATA 1 | (bottom) |
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SATA 2 | (top) | Connect the locking cable end to the motherboard connector. |
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| Connect the end without the lock to the drive. |
