I/O Connectors
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors
Features
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6 Serial ATA ports
- 6 SATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (SATA 0, SATA 1, SATA 2, SATA 3,
SATA 4, SATA 5)
•
Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller
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Supports Intel
Smart Response Technology
®
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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 Advanced menu ("SATA Configuration" submenu) of the
BIOS. Refer to the chapter 3 for more information.
1
7
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
SATA 0
SATA 1
SATA 2
SATA 3
SATA 5
SATA 4
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Digital I/O Connector
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
Pins
Pin Assignment
1
GND
3
DIO7
DIO6
5
DIO5
7
DIO4
9
DIO3
11
13
DIO2
DIO1
15
DIO0
17
GND
19
Digital I/O
19
Pins
Pin Assignment
+12V
2
+12V
4
GND
6
+5V
8
+5V
10
GND
12
+5VDU
14
+5VDU
16
GND
18
NC
20
1
2