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Serial ATA (SATA) Drive Guidelines
and Features
NOTE:
HP only supports the use of SATA hard drives on these models of computer. No Parallel
ATA (PATA) drives are supported.
SATA Hard Drives
Serial ATA Hard Drive Characteristics
Number of pins/conductors in data cable
7/7
Number of pins in power cable
15
Maximum data cable length
39.37 in (100 cm)
Data interface voltage differential
400-700 mV
Drive voltages
3.3 V, 5 V, 12 V
Jumpers for configuring drive
N/A
Data transfer rate
3.0 Gb/s
SATA Hard Drive Cables
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 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. See
for the pinout information.
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Summary of Contents for Compaq dx2308
Page 1: ...Service Reference Guide HP Compaq dx2300 and dx2308 Business PC ...
Page 4: ...iv About This Book ENWW ...
Page 20: ...12 Chapter 2 Computer Setup F10 Utility ENWW ...
Page 26: ...18 Chapter 3 HP Insight Diagnostics ENWW ...
Page 27: ...4 Desktop Management ENWW 19 ...
Page 44: ...36 Chapter 6 Identifying the Chassis Routine Care and Disassembly Preparation ENWW ...
Page 87: ...12 T M D S Data3 24 T M D S Clock ENWW DVI Connector 79 ...
Page 88: ...80 Appendix A Connector Pin Assignments ENWW ...
Page 101: ...W Web sites BIOS download 21 ROM Flash 21 software support 22 ENWW Index 93 ...
Page 102: ...94 Index ENWW ...