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2.11 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

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These four Serial ATA2 (SATA2)

(SATA2_0_1: see p.2, No. 16)

connectors support SATA data

SATA2

SATA2

(SATA2_2_3: see p.2, No. 17)

cables for internal storage

 

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devices. The current SATA2

 

interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s

 

SATA2

SATA2

 

data transfer rate.

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA3 Connectors

_A0

 

These three Serial ATA3

(SATA3_A0: see p.2, No. 11)

 

(SATA3) connectors support

SATA3

 

(SATA3_0_1: see p.2, No. 15)

 

SATA data cables for internal

 

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storage devices. The current

 

SATA3 interface allows up to

 

SATA3

SATA3

 

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA (SATA)

 

 

Either end of the SATA data

Data Cable

 

 

cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

 

 

SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard

 

 

 

disk or the SATA2 / SATA3

 

 

 

connector on this motherboard.

 

 

 

 

USB 2.0 Headers

 

 

Besides six default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB_6_7)

 

 

ports on the I/O panel, there

(see p.2 No. 26)

 

 

are three USB 2.0 headers on

 

 

 

this motherboard. Each USB 2.0

 

 

 

header can support two USB

 

 

 

2.0 ports.

(9-pin USB_8_9)

 

 

 

(see p.2 No. 25)

 

 

 

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