ASRock N68C-GS FX manual Onboard Headers and Connectors, IDE1

after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS action.

2.7 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!

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Floppy Connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.12 No. 24) 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.12 No. 9)

	PIN1	IDE1
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 ATAII Connectors

(SATAII_1	(PORT 0.0):	SATAII_1		SATAII_3
see p.12, No. 10)		(PORT 0.0)		(PORT 1.0)
(SATAII_2	(PORT 0.1):
see p.12, No. 13)
(SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0):			SATAII_2	SATAII_4
see p.12, No. 11)			(PORT 0.1)	(PORT 1.1)
(SATAII_4 (PORT 1.1):
see p.12, No. 12)

These four Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATAII or SATA hard disk 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 /
(Optional)	SATAII hard disk or the SATAII
	connector on the motherboard.

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