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DFI NP101-D16C User Manual

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Hardware Installation

Serial ATA Connectors and Peripheral Power Connector

The Serial ATA connectors are used to connect Serial ATA devices.
Connect one end of the Serial ATA data cable to a SATA connector
and the other end to your Serial ATA device.

The system board package also comes with a power cable that
must be connected from the system board to the SATA drive’s
power connector in order to provide power to the drive.

SATA 0

SATA 2

GND

TXP

TXN

GND

RXN

RXP

GND

1

7

4

1

+5V

+12V

Ground

Ground

Peripheral power

X

Connect to the
peripheral power
connector

Connect to SATA
drives

BIOS Setting

Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Integrated Peripherals
submenu (“OnChip IDE Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to
chapter 3 for more information.