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I/O Connectors
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors
Features
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2 Serial ATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (SATA 0 and SATA 1)
The Serial ATA connectors are used to connect Serial ATA devices. Connect one end of the Se-
rial ATA data cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device.
BIOS Setting
Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Advanced menu ("SATA Configuration" submenu) of the
BIOS. Refer to the chapter 7 for more information.
Note:
Some 3rd party SATA Gen 2 speed device controllers used on the system board paired
with the Intel
8 series chipset are intermittently detected. Before using SSD devices
®
or mSATA SSD devices, please check whether the device and the cable which are
used on the system board conform to Intel's official regulations.
Chapter 5 Ports and Connectors
Chapter 5
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
1
GND
SATA 1 SATA 0
TXP
TXN
GND
RXN
RXP
GND
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Digital I/O Connector
Digital I/O Power Connector
The 8-bit Digital I/O connector provides powering-on function to external devices that are con-
nected to these connectors.
Digital I/O Connector
Pins
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Digital I/O
Digital I/O power
1
4
Function
DIO7
DIO6
DIO5
DIO4
DIO3
DIO2
DIO1
DIO0
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