I/O Connectors; Sata (Serial Ata) Connectors; Peripheral Power Connector - DFI HD101-H81 User Manual

I/O Connectors

SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors

Features
• 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 Serial
ATA data cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device.
The system board package comes with a power cable that must be connected from the system
board's peripheral power connector to the SATA drive's power connector in order to provide
power to the drive.
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.
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 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 2
1
GND
SATA 1 SATA 0
TXP
TXN
GND
RXN
RXP
GND
7
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
(SATA port 1 provides
adequate space for SATA
DOM.)
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Peripheral Power Connector

The peripheral power connector supplies power to the SATA drive and IDE hard disk drive.
Connect one end of the provided power cable to the peripheral power connector and the other
end to your storage devices.
Peripheral
1
Power
+12V
Ground
Ground
+5V
4
Connect to the peripheral
power connector
Connect to
storage devices
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