ASRock CONROE945 manual Onboard Headers and Connectors

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!

FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.10 No. 22) Pin1 FLOPPY1

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 (Blue)

(39-pin IDE1, see p.10 No. 10)

PIN1 IDE1

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

80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable

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

Serial ATAII Connectors

(SATAII_1 (PORT0):

see p.10, No. 14)

(SATAII_2 (PORT1):

see p.10, No. 13)

(SATAII_3 (PORT2):

see p.10, No. 11) (SATAII_4 (PORT3): see p.10, No. 12)

SATAII 3 (PORT2)	SATAII 4 (PORT3)
SATAII 1 (PORT0)	SATAII 2 (PORT1)

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

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

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