2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATA2 hard disks on this mother- board for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 con- nector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk.
2.13 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_0 connector. It also adopts ASMedia ASM1061 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_A0 and SATA3_A1 connectors. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA3 con- nector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.
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