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2.10 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 two Serial ATA2 (SATA2)
(SATA_2: see p.13, No. 4)
(SATA_3: see p.13, No. 1)
SATA_2
SATA_3
connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA2 interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.
Serial ATA3 Connectors
(SATA3_0: see p.13, | No. 3) | SATA3_0 |
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(SATA3_1: see p.13, | No. 2) |
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| SATA3_1 |
These two Serial ATA3 (SATA3) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA3 interface allows up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.
mSATA Connector
(see p.14, No. 23)
This mSATA connector can be used to connect a
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 | USB_PWR |
P+3 | |
(see p.13, No. 5) | GND |
DUMMY | |
| 1 |
| GND |
| P+2 |
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| USB_PWR |
Besides two default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports.
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