Onboard Headers And Connectors - ASROCK Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Series User Manual

2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place
jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps
over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the
motherboard!
FDD connector
(33-pin FLOPPY1)
(see p.15 No. 31)
Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the
connector.
Primary IDE connector (Black)
(39-pin IDE1, see p.15 No. 8)
connect the blue end
to the motherboard
80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable
Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details.
Serial ATAII Connectors
(SATA2_2_3: see p.15, No. 13)
(SATA2_4_5: see p.15, No. 12)
Serial ATA3 Connectors
(SATA3_0_1: see p.15, No. 14)
(SATA3_A1_A2: see p.15, No. 15)
(SATA3_A3_A4: see p.15, No. 16)
the red-striped side to Pin1
connect the black end
to the IDE devices
These four Serial ATAII (SATAII)
connectors support SATA data
cables for internal storage
devices. The current SATAII
interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s
data transfer rate.
These six Serial ATA3 (SATA3)
connectors support SATA data
cables for internal storage
devices. The current SATA3
interface allows up to 6.0 Gb/s
data transfer rate. If you install
the HDD on the eSATA port on
the rear I/O, the internal
SATA3_A4 will not function.
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