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 ATA2 Connectors

 

 

These four Serial ATA2

(SATA_1: see p.2, No. 12)

SATA_3

SATA_4

(SATA2) connectors support

(SATA_2: see p.2, No. 13)

SATA data cables for internal

 

 

(SATA_3: see p.2, No. 11)

SATA_1

 

storage devices. The current

(SATA_4: see p.2, No. 10)

 

SATA2 interface allows up to

 

 

 

 

 

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

 

SATA_2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA (SATA)

 

 

Either end of the SATA data

Data Cable

 

 

cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

 

 

SATA / SATA2 hard disk or the

 

 

 

SATA2 connector on this

 

 

 

motherboard.

Print Port Header

AFD#

 

 

(25-pin LPT1)

ERROR#

 

 

PINIT#

GND

 

 

SLIN#

 

 

 

 

(see p.2 No. 17)

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

SPD7

 

 

SPD6

ACK#

 

 

SPD5

BUSY

 

 

SPD4

PE

 

SPD3

SLCT

 

SPD2

 

 

 

SPD1

 

 

 

SPD0

 

 

 

STB#

 

 

This is an interface for print port cable that allows convenient connection of printer devices.

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USB 2.0 Headers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Besides four default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB6_7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ports on the I/O panel, there

(see p.2 No. 18)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are two USB 2.0 headers on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this motherboard. Each USB 2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

header can support two USB

(9-pin USB8_9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.0 ports.

 

 

USB_PWR

(see p.2 No. 20)

 

 

 

 

P-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P+9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUMMY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P+8

 

 

 

 

 

P-8

 

 

 

USB_PWR

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