ASRock FM2A55M-VG3 manual Onboard Headers and Connectors, Serial ATA2 Connectors

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2.8 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 ATA2 Connectors

(SATA_1: see

p.13, No. 10)

SATA_4

(SATA_2: see

p.13, No. 9)

 

(SATA_3: see

p.13, No. 8)

 

(SATA_4: see

p.13, No. 7)

SATA_3

 

 

These four Serial ATA2 (SATA2) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA2 interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

 

 

 

 

 

SATA_2

 

 

 

 

 

SATA_1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA (SATA)

 

 

 

 

 

Either end of the SATA data

Data Cable

 

 

 

 

 

cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2 hard disk or the SATA2

 

 

 

 

 

 

connector on this motherboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 2.0 Headers

 

 

 

 

 

Besides four default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB4_5)

 

 

 

 

 

ports on the I/O panel, there

(see p.13 No. 17)

 

 

 

 

 

are two USB 2.0 headers on

 

 

 

 

 

 

this motherboard. Each USB 2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

header can support two USB

(9-pin USB6_7)

 

 

 

 

 

2.0 ports.

 

USB_PWR

(see p.13 No. 18)

 

 

P-7

 

 

 

P+7

 

 

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUMMY

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

P+6

 

 

 

P-6

 

 

USB_PWR

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