2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors
Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place
jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps
over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the
motherboard!
Serial ATA2 Connectors
(SATA_2: see p.2, No. 4)
(SATA_3: see p.2, No. 1)
Serial ATA3 Connectors
(SATA3_0: see p.2, No. 3)
(SATA3_1: see p.2, No. 2)
mSATA Connector
(see p.3, No. 23)
Serial ATA (SATA)
Data Cable
(Optional)
USB 2.0 Headers
(9-pin USB2_3)
(see p.2, No. 5)
These two Serial ATA2 (SATA2)
SATA_2
connectors support SATA data
cables for internal storage
devices. The current SATA2
SATA_3
interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s
data transfer rate.
These two Serial ATA3 (SATA3)
SATA3_0
connectors support SATA data
cables for internal storage
devices. The current SATA3
SATA3_1
interface allows up to 6.0 Gb/s
data transfer rate.
This mSATA connector can be
used to connect a Solid-State
Drive (SSD) for an internal
storage device. The current
mSATA interface allows up to
3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.
Either end of the SATA data
cable can be connected to the
SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard
disk or the SATA2 / SATA3
connector on this motherboard.
Besides two default USB 2.0
USB_PWR
P-3
ports on the I/O panel, there are
P+3
GND
DUMMY
two USB 2.0 headers on this
motherboard. Each USB 2.0
1
GND
header can support two USB 2.0
P+2
P-2
USB_PWR
ports.
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