I/O Connectors; Sata (Serial Ata) Connectors; Digital I/O Connector - DFI CS331-C246 User Manual

CS331-C246/Q370

► I/O Connectors

SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors

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SATA 6 SATA 5
(CS331-Q246 only)
Features
• 5 Serial ATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (CS331-Q370)
• 6 Serial ATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (CS331-C246)
• Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10
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 Chipset menu ("PCH-IO Configuration" > "SATA And RST
Configuration" submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to the chapter 3 for more information.
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
SATA 0
1
GND
TX+
TX-
GND
SATA 1
RX-
RX+
GND
7
SATA 2
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
SATA 3

Digital I/O Connector

Digital I/O
1
19
2
The 8-bit Digital I/O connector provides powering-on function to external devices that are
connected to these connectors. The pin functions of the 8-bit digital I/O connector are listed
below.
▼ Digital I/O Connector
Pin Assignment
1 GND
3
DIO7
DIO6
5
DIO5
7
9 DIO4
11 DIO3
DIO2
13
DIO1
15
DIO0
17
GND
19
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Pin Assignment
+12V
2
+12V
4
GND
6
+5V
8
+5V
10
GND
12
+5VDU
14
+5VDU
16
GND
18
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