User Manual
2. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk
and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA
1.5Gb/s specication. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than that
of the standard parallel ATA (133MB/s).
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
3. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports
either High Denition Audio or AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of the front
panel audio I/O module cable to this connector.
We recommend that you connect a high-denition front panel audio module to this
connector to avail of the motherboard high-denition audio capability.
If you want to connect a high-denition front panel audio module to this connector, ensure
that the Front Panel Select item in the BIOS is set to [HD Audio]. If you want to connect
an AC97 front panel audio module to this connector, set the item to [AC97]. See page 2.4.3
Chipset for details.
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