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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
Number of pins in power cable
Maximum data cable length
Data interface voltage differential
Drive voltages
Jumpers for configuring drive
Data transfer rate
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.
7/7
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39.37 in (100 cm)
400-700 mV
3.3 V, 5 V, 12 V
N/A
3.0 Gb/s
SATA Hard Drives
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