Gigabyte Z590 AORUS XTREME WB User Manual page 35

Installation Notices for the M.2 and SATA Connectors:
The availability of the SATA connectors may be affected by the type of device installed in the M.2 sockets.
The M2A_SB connector shares bandwidth with the SATA3 1 and the M2M_SB connector shares bandwidth
with the SATA3 4, 5 connectors. Refer to the following tables for details.
• M2A_SB:
Connector
Type of
SATA3 0
M.2 SSD
M.2 SATA SSD
a
M.2 PCIe SSD
a
No M.2 SSD Installed
a
a: Available, r: Not available
• M2P_CPU :
(Note)
Connector
Type of
SATA3 0
M.2 SSD
M.2 PCIe SSD*
a
No M.2 SSD Installed
a
a: Available, r: Not available
* The M2P_CPU connector supports only PCIe SSDs.
• M2M_SB:
Connector
Type of
SATA3 0
M.2 SSD
M.2 SATA SSD
a
M.2 PCIe SSD
a
No M.2 SSD Installed
a
a: Available, r: Not available
(Note) Supported by 11th Generation processors only.
SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3
a a
r
a a a
a a a
SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3
a a a
a a a
SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3
a a a
a a a
a a a
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SATA3 4 SATA3 5
a a
a a
a a
SATA3 4 SATA3 5
a a
a a
SATA3 4 SATA3 5
r r
r r
a a
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