EVGA X58 3X SLI manual Connecting Serial ATA Cables

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 nine (9) internal serial ATA connectors and one (1) e-SATA on this motherboard. Connection points SATA0 - SATA5, are controlled by the South Bridge Chipset. Connection points SATA8 - SATA9, are controlled by the JMicron JMB363 chip. These connection points support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1 and JBOD configurations. SATA6 and SATA7 are controlled by the JMicron JMB362 chip.

SATA 5

SATA 4

SATA 2	(bottom)	SATA 0	(bottom)	SATA 8	(bottom)
SATA 3	(top)	SATA 1	(top)	SATA 9	(top)

TX-	TX-
RX+	TX+
GND GND	GND

Connect the locking cable end to the motherboard connector.

Connect the end without the lock to the SATA device.

SATA 7

SATA 6 (e-SATA)

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