Hardware Setup

Serial ATA Connectors controlled by VT8237: SATA1 & SATA2 (for KM4AM only)

The Southbridge of the KM4AM mainboard is VIA VT8237 which supports two serial connectors SATA1& SATA2.

SATA1 & SATA2 are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s. Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device.

SATA1 & SATA2 Pin Definition

7

1

 

 

 

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA1

1

GND

2

TXP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

TXN

4

ND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2

5

RXN

6

RXP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional Serial ATA cable

Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices

Connect to SATA1 or SATA2

MSI Reminds You...

Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which will cause the loss of data during the transmission.

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Intel G52-M6734XD, KM4M, KM4AM, MS-6734 manual Optional Serial ATA cable