I/O Connectors
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors
Battery
Features
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5 Serial ATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s
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Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller
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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.
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.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 2
1
GND
TX+
TX-
GND
RX-
RX+
GND
7
19
SATA0(R2)
SATA2(R4)
SATA1(R3)
1
1
SATA3(R5)
SATA4(R1)
Digital I/O Connector
Battery
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
Pin
Assignment
Pin
1
GND
2
3
DIO7
4
DIO6
5
6
DIO5
7
8
9
DIO4
10
DIO3
11
12
DIO2
13
14
DIO1
15
16
DIO0
17
18
GND
19
20
25
Digital I/O
1
2
19
19
1
1
Assignment
+12V
+12V
GND
+5V
+5V
GND
+5VDU
+5VDU
GND
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