Installation
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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
3.3.3Adapter Board
If you do not have a
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
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