User guide

1-22 Chapter 1: Product introduction
5. ICH7 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.
Connect the right-angle side of SATA
signal cable to SATA device. Or you
may connect the right-angle side of
SATA cable to the onboard SATA
port to avoid mechanical conict with
huge graphics cards.
right-angle side
6. CPU fan connector (4-pin CPU_FAN)
The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350 mA~2000 mA (24 W max.) or a total
of 1 A~7 A (84 W max.) at +12V. Connect the fan cable to the fan connector on the
motherboard, making sure that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of
the connector.
Do not forget to connect the fan cable to the fan connector. Insufcient air ow inside the
system may damage the motherboard components. This is not a jumper! Do not place
jumper cap on the fan connector!
Only the CPU fan supports the ASUS Q-FAN feature.
SATA2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND
P5KPL SE
P5KPL SE SATA connectors
CPU_FAN
CPU FAN PWM
CPU FAN IN
CPU FAN PWR
GND
P5KPL SE
P5KPL SE CPU fan connector