EVGA H370 Stinger User Manual page 13

EVGA H370 Stinger (111-CS-E371)
5. 24-pin ATX power connector
The main power for the motherboard is located on the right side of the board
and perpendicular to the PCB; this is also described as a "Vertical" connector
(See Page 31 for more specifics to the connector itself, and associated
wiring/pinouts). The 24-pin connector is directional and the connector needs
the tab on the socket to line up with the release clip located on the 24-pin
connector from the power supply. This connector pulls the bulk of the power
for all components; other connectors, such as CPU +12V EPS, PCIe (external
power for the video card), have been added to reduce the load and increase
longevity due to wiring and trace limitations.
6. 8-pin EPS Connector
The +12V EPS is the dedicated power input for the CPU (See Page 32 for more
specifics to the connector itself, and associated wiring/pinouts). Carefully
choose the correct power cable by consulting with the installation manual for
your power supply. This connector is designed to only work with an EPS or
CPU cable. System builders sometimes make the mistake of plugging in a PCIe
8-pin or 6+2-pin connector, which will prevent the board from POSTing and
possibly short or damage the board. Although the cables appear similar, they
are wired differently and attaching a PCIe cable to an EPS connector may cause
damage to the motherboard.
If no power cable is connected or detected, the system will not POST.
7. Intel SATA 6Gbit/s Ports
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The Intel H370 PCH has a 4-port SATA III 6 Gb/s controller (See Page 39
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for specifics on the connectors). This controller is backwards compatible with
SATA and SATA II devices, and supports SSDs, HDDs and various types of
optical devices (CDROM, DVDROM, BD-ROM, etc). The controller also
supports NCQ, TRIM, hot swap capability (provided the proper HDD/SSD
bays/racks are installed), and RAID levels 0/1/5/10.
8. M.2 Socket 3 Key-M 80mm
M.2 is an SSD standard, which uses up to four PCIe lanes and utilizes Gen3
speeds. Most popularly paired with NVMe SSDs, this standard offers
substantially faster transfer speeds and seek time than SATA interface
standards. All M.2 devices are designed to connect via a card-bus style
connector and be bolted into place and powered by the connector, rather than
by a dedicated data cable and power cable.
This socket will support Key-M devices of 80mm length.
This connector can utilize PCIe, SATA and NVMe-based M.2 SSDs.
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