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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation
while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of
PC platforms. It provides you a faster transfer rate of 1.5 Gb/s. If you have
installed a Serial ATA hard drive, you can connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial
ATA hard drive or the connecter on the motherboard.
On the motherboard, locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA1-2, which support
new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates, simpler disk drive cabling
and easier PC assembly.
It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface, but maintains register
compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA.
Analog Audio Input Header
If you have installed a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, you can connect the
drive audio cable to the onboard sound system.
When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect your
CD-ROM/DVD drive. If it doesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD-
ROM/DVD drive that you have installed. On the motherboard, locate the 4-pin
header CD_IN.
Pin Signal
1CD IN L
2GND
3GND
4CD IN R
CD_IN
1