ASRock 970 Extreme3 manual Onboard Headers and Connectors, Serial ATA3 Connectors

2.9 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!

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_1: see p.12, No. 17)		SATA3_3	SATA3_1
(SATA3_2: see	p.12, No. 18)
(SATA3_3: see	p.12, No. 16)
(SATA3_4: see p.12, No. 19) SATA3_5		SATA3_4	SATA3_2
(SATA3_5: see	p.12, No. 20)

These five 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.

Serial ATA (SATA)	Either end of the SATA data
Data Cable	cable can be connected to the
(Optional)	SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard
	disk or the SATA3 connector on
	this motherboard.
USB 2.0 Headers	Besides four default USB 2.0
(9-pin USB_4_5)	ports on the I/O panel, there
(see p.12 No. 26)	are three USB 2.0 headers on
	this motherboard. Each USB 2.0
	header can support two USB
	2.0 ports.
(9-pin USB_6_7)
(see p.12 No. 27)

(9-pin USB_8_9)	USB_PWR
	P-9
(see p.12 No. 28)	P+9
	GND
	DUMMY
	1
	GND
	P+8
	P-8
	USB_PWR

Infrared Module Header	+5VSB
	IRTX
(5-pin IR1)	DUMMY
(see p.12 No. 29)	1
	GND
	IRRX

This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module.

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