Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features
4.2 SATA Hard Drive Cables
4.2.1 SATA Data Cable
Always use an HP approved SATA 3.0 Gb/s cable as it is fully backwards compatible with the
SATA 1.5 Gb/s drives.
Current HP desktop products ship with SATA 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s hard drives.
SATA data cables are susceptible to damage if overflexed. Never crease a SATA data cable and
never bend it tighter than a 30 mm (1.18 in) radius.
The SATA data cable is a thin, 7-pin cable designed to transmit data for only a single drive. As
shown in the table, each cable has 3 grounds, and 4 transmit/receive pins.
Pin Number
P1
P2*
P3*
P4
P5**
P6**
P7
*P2 and P3 differential signal pair
**P5 and P6 differential signal pair
4.2.2 SATA Power Cable
Pin
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
P8
4–2
Usage
Ground
A+
A-
Ground
B-
B+
Ground
Usage
Notes
V3.3
3.3 V power
V3.3
3.3 V power
V3.3
3.3 V power
Ground
Ground
Ground
5 V power
V5
V5
5 V power
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Device Plug
Ground
Transmit data
Transmit data
Ground
Receive data
Receive data
Ground
Pin
Usage
P9
V5
Ground
P10
P11
Ground
P12
Ground
P13
V 12
P14
V12
P15
V12
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Host Plug
Ground
Receive data
Receive data
Ground
Transmit data
Transmit data
Ground
Notes
5 V power
12 V power
12 V power
12 V power