Installation Conditions

3.3.2 Signal segment and power supply segment

Figure 3.8 shows each segment of the SATA interface connector and pin numbers.

Power supply

segment

P1 pins in the power

supply segment

Signal segment

S1 pins in the signal segment

View from the connector side

View from the PCA side

Figure 3.8 Power supply pins (CN1)

3.3.3 Connector specifications for host system

The connector of host system for mating with the disk drive must be compliant with Serial-ATA Revision 2.5 specification. For detail of requirements about SATA interface connector, refer to the "Serial-ATA Revision 2.6."

The connection reliability per number of insertion/extractions varies with the condition of the connection with the host system. Therefore, we recommend that the customer evaluate the connector on the customer's system and select it from the connectors complying with the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification.

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