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Serial ATA (SATA) specification users reports and reviews |
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| CORRECT | SATA Connector diagram need to specify receive and transmit (with respect to drive) pinouts | APPROVED | ||
| CORRECT | Your Answer Is Correct Thats It....Thank You For Your Information.... | APPROVED | ||
| ERROR FIXED | Does not clearly indicate which end of the connector is pin 1. | APPROVED | ||
| CORRECT | Pinout numbering OK. It would be nice to have a diagram showing the physical location of the pins relative to the polarizing whatsit. | APPROVED | ||
| CORRECT | Add descriptions of what each pin does, but its correct for the rest | APPROVED | ||
| ERROR FIXED | Hi, in my opinion the mecanical pin 1 position you give in this document (in the top left figure) is incorrect | APPROVED | ||
| ERROR FIXED | I also believe pin 1 is incorrect. Check www.fciconnect.com and examine the Customer Drawing for part 59334 or 10038031. Check www.molex.com and examine pdf drawing for part 67491. | APPROVED | ||
| 2010-04-04 00:40:08 | rev. 5 | CORRECT | APPROVED | |
| 2010-04-25 00:16:52 | rev. 5 | ERROR FIXED | Currently the document states "The SATA connector is keyed at pin 1.". Note that several other people already reported issues on this page with which end of the connector is pin 1. I believe that there's still something wrong, namely the phrase above. If the image of the data connector at the top left is correct (and I believe it is, given my research), your "keyed at pin 1." statement is incorrect. Note that I have an Aspire One which has imprints _on PCB_ stating a pin sequence 1.....7 8.....22 for a [non-soldered] standard HDD combo connector (data plus power). And the key plastic of a combo connector is exactly after pin 7, as a Google Images "SATA hdd connector" or a look at any SATA hdd (not avail here ;) quickly confirms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA also mentions that "Coding notch" is after pin 7!! If the pins in the SATA spec are indeed linearly numbered (as the Acer PCB suggests, and this seems very logical), then it just _has_ to be keyed at 7 and _not_ 1, there is no room for error. | APPROVED |
| 2010-06-15 21:54:14 | rev. 5 | INCORRECT | As another kind user says; the phrase 'is keyed at pin 1' does appear to be incorrect, if 'keyed' means the location of the notch. The drawing and pin-numbering is _correct_. The Power connector _is_ keyed at pin 1, however, these two ends are close to eachother. It would be better to remove the sentence "The SATA connector is keyed at pin 1." completely. If you search google for "The SATA connector is keyed", it will _only_ return results saying "at pin 1". I believe this is an error in the original documentation, which has been copied all over. -OR- I do not understand what keyed means. :) (at least, anyone will now have a chance of making sure their connections are correct). | APPROVED |
| 2011-12-15 22:18:50 | rev. 7 | ERROR FIXED | "SATA signal names are with respect to the Host. Transmit pins connect to Receive pins on the other device. The SATA connector is keyed at pin 1." is written under pinout table. There should be "keyed at pin 7" (according to picture here in upper-left corner and other internet documents). I may be wrong because I didn't fully understand what the following means "SATA signal names are with respect to the Host." but in this case this text needs revision anyway to make it clear enough. | APPROVED |
| 2012-05-28 19:10:51 | rev. 8 | CORRECT | Its ok, i test it | APPROVED |
| 2012-07-17 11:02:31 | rev. 8 | CORRECT | APPROVED | |
| 2012-08-03 20:09:01 | rev. 8 | CORRECT | APPROVED | |
| 2012-09-15 21:46:57 | rev. 8 | ERROR FIXED | Needs addition of eSatap or eSata/USB Combo as this does have power supplied with either +5v or both +5v and +12V | APPROVED |
| 2013-01-30 04:57:17 | rev. 9 | CORRECT | APPROVED | |
| 2013-02-12 17:29:03 | rev. 9 | CORRECT | APPROVED | |
| 2013-03-19 20:10:00 | rev. 9 | CORRECT | APPROVED | |
| 2013-04-16 13:15:04 | rev. 9 | CORRECT | Nice article. Now I know how a SATA cable is pinned. With a connector-connector adapter and a seperate powersupply, one could easily use Cat5-e or newer as extenders in a large Serverroom where a Sata drive can be external to the actual server. | APPROVED |
| 2014-11-18 03:48:42 | rev. 10 | ERROR FIXED | The line "SATA 6.0Gb/s (SATA III, 750Mbps)" should read "SATA 6.0Gb/s (SATA III, 6.0Gbps)". It appears that the author may have attempted to convert the transfer rate to bytes/second from bits/second, but this is incorrect since it should have read "750MBs" not "750Mbs". I'm not even considering the question of whether or not bytes/second is even allowed to be derived from bits/second by simply dividing by 8. The maximum bit rate may not be directly proportional the actual aggregate or average bit rate due to transmission pauses between bytes or even bits of data. | APPROVED |
| Date | Content Revision |
Author | Comment |
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| 2009-10-19 23:14:56 | rev. 3 | Yojik | Good Luck |
| 2011-01-04 13:58:04 | rev. 5 | Mark | |
| 2011-05-31 23:14:15 | rev. 6 | Motheboard -> Motherboard (cannot update in first connector field) | |
| 2012-01-04 21:53:21 | rev. 7 | FiB3R | Thanks for the great resource |
Pinouts.ru > Pinout of Serial ATA (SATA) and layout of 7 pin Serial ATA motheboard internal connector |
should be correct |