Owner's Manual

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Serial ATA2 Connectors
(see p.10,12,14)
Serial ATA (SATA)
Data Cable
Serial ATA3 Connectors
(see p.10,12)
2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors
Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT
place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Plac-
ing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause
permanent damage to the motherboard!
These ve Serial ATA2
(SATA2) connectors sup-
port SATA data cables for
internal storage devices.
The current SATA2 interface
allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate.
These two Serial ATA3
(SATA3) connectors sup-
port SATA data cables for
internal storage devices.
The current SATA3 interface
allows up to 6.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate.
Either end of the SATA data
cable can be connected to
SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard
disks or the SATA2 / SATA3
connectors on this mother-
board.
SATA3_0 SATA3_1
SATA2_0 SATA2_1
SATA2_2SATA2_4
SATA2_3