Back side
The back side of SATA backplane faces the rear panel when installed. This side includes the power connectors, SATA interfaces for the SATA RAID card, and SMBus connectors.
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CON2 | CON4 | CON6 | CON8 |
The back side SATA connectors attach to the motherboard SATA connectors via the supplied SATA cables. Refer to the illustration on the left for the location of the SATA connectors on the
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ASUS |