ASRock Z77E-ITX manual Onboard Headers and Connectors

2.10 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

These two Serial ATA2 (SATA2)

(SATA_2: see p.13, No. 4)

(SATA_3: see p.13, No. 1)

SATA_2

SATA_3

connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA2 interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_0: see p.13,	No. 3)	SATA3_0
(SATA3_1: see p.13,	No. 2)
		SATA3_1

These two 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.

mSATA Connector

(see p.14, No. 23)

This mSATA connector can be used to connect a Solid-State Drive (SSD) for an internal storage device. The current mSATA interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SATA)	Either end of the SATA data
Data Cable	cable can be connected to the
(Optional)	SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard
	disk or the SATA2 / SATA3
	connector on this motherboard.

USB 2.0 Headers	USB_PWR
(9-pin USB2_3)	P-3
	P+3
(see p.13, No. 5)	GND
	DUMMY
	1
	GND
	P+2
	P-2
	USB_PWR

Besides two default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports.

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