ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 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.15, No. 18)

(SATA3_2: see p.15, No. 17)

(SATA3_3: see p.15, No. 13)

(SATA3_4: see p.15, No. 12)

(SATA3_5: see p.15, No. 10)

(SATA3_6: see p.15, No. 11)

SATA3 5	SATA3 6
SATA3 3	SATA3 4
SATA3_2

These six 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.

			SATA3_1
Serial ATA (SATA)							Either end of the SATA data
Data Cable							cable can be connected to the
(Optional)							SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard
							disk or the SATA3 connector on
							this motherboard.
USB 2.0 Headers							Besides six default USB 2.0
(9-pin USB_6_7)							ports on the I/O panel, there
(see p.15 No. 23)							are three USB 2.0 headers on
							this motherboard. Each USB 2.0
							header can support two USB
							2.0 ports.
(9-pin USB_8_9)		USB_PWR
			P-9
(see p.15 No. 25)				P+9
					GND
	1					DUMMY
					GND
				P+8
			P-8
(9-pin USB_10_11)		USB_PWR
		USB_PWR
(see p.15 No. 26)			P-11
				P+11
					GND
	1					DUMMY
					GND
				P+10
			P-10
		USB_PWR

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