Installation

Figure 3-4The QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Interface Connector

3.3.2Serial ATA Bus Connector

Some PC motherboards have a built in Serial ATA connector. These Serial ATA connectors are compatible with QuickView Serial ATA hard disk drives. If the motherboard has a Serial ATA connector, simply connect a 7 pin Serial ATA cable between the drive and the motherboard. See Figure 3-4

3.3.3Adapter Board

If you do not have a built-in Serial ATA interface connector, you must install a Serial ATA adapter board and connecting cable to allow the drive to interface with your system. Maxtor does not supply such an adapter board, but they are available from several third-party vendors.

Please carefully read the instruction manual that comes with your adapter board to ensure signal compatibility between the adapter board and the drive. Also, make sure that the adapter board jumper settings are appropriate.

There are total of 7 pins in the signal segment and 15 pins in the power segment. The pin definitions are shown in the following table (Table 3-1). Note that the pin is numbered from the pin furthest from the power segment.

Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive

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