ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 manual Onboard Headers and Connectors

2.6 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!

FDD connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.12 No. 27)

the red-striped side to Pin1

Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector.

Primary IDE connector (Black)

(39-pin IDE1, see p.12 No. 36)

connect the blue end	connect the black end
to the motherboard	to the IDE devices

80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable

Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details.

Serial ATA2 Connectors			SATAII_6
(SATAII_1 (PORT 0): see p.12, No. 20)			(PORT 5)
(SATAII_2 (PORT 1): see	p.12, No. 19)
(SATAII_3 (PORT 2): see	p.12, No. 18)
(SATAII_4 (PORT 3): see	p.12, No. 17)		SATAII_5
(SATAII_5 (PORT 4): see	p.12, No. 16)		(PORT 4)
(SATAII_6 (PORT 5): see p.12, No. 15)		SATAII_2	SATAII_4
		(PORT 1)	(PORT 3)
		SATAII_1 SATAII_3
		(PORT 0)	(PORT 2)

These six 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.

Serial ATA3 Connectors		SATA3_2
(SATA3_1 (PORT 6): see	p.12, No. 11)	(PORT 7)
(SATA3_2 (PORT 7): see	p.12, No. 9)

SATA3_1 (PORT 6)

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.

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