2.ASMedia® Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1-E2; SATAEXPRESS_E1 [top])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 Gb/s signal cables.

•ASMedia storage controller can only support AHCI mode.

•These SATA ports are for data drives only.

•The SATAEXPRESS_E1 connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA devices.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction