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Serial ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

Serial ATA = SATA

HP does not support the use of a PATA (IDE) hard drive / optical drive on these models of computer.

4.1SATA 3.0 Hard Drives

Serial ATA Hard Drive Characteristics

Number of pins/conductors in data cable

7/7

 

 

Number of pins in power cable

15

 

 

Maximum data cable length

39.37 in (100 cm)

 

 

Data interface voltage differential

400-700 mV

 

 

Drive voltages

3.3 V, 5V, 12 V

 

 

Jumpers for configuring drive

N/A

 

 

Data transfer rate, 80 GB and greater

3.0 Gb/s

 

 

WhenSATA attaching0. the SATA cable to the system board always connect the primary hard drive to

Service Reference Guide

483941-001

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