2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Plac- ing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage to the motherboard!

Serial ATA2 Connectors

5

(SATA_4_5)

4

SATA

(see p.18, 21, 24)

 

Serial ATA3 Connectors

0 1

(SATA_0_1)

_

SATA

(SATA_2_3)

(SATAIII_M0_M1)

3

(see p.18, 21, 24)

2_

 

SATA

 

M0 M1

 

SATAIII

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

These six Serial ATA3 (SATA3) connectors sup- port SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA3 interface allows up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SATA)

Either end of the SATA data

Data Cable

cable can be connected to

 

SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard

 

disks or the SATA2 / SATA3

 

connectors on this mother-

 

board.

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ASRock E3C224 manual Onboard Headers and Connectors