3.CPU and chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN and 4-pin CHA_FAN)

Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard, ensuring that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector.

H81I-PLUS

CPU_FAN

CHA_FAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWM

 

 

 

 

PWR GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

FANCHAPWM CHAFAN IN FANCHAPWR GND

 

CPU

FAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

 

 

FAN

 

 

 

 

FAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H81I-PLUS CPU and chassis fan connector

Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components. These are not jumpers! Do not place jumper caps on the fan connectors! The CPU_FAN connector supports a CPU fan of maximum 1A (12 W) fan power.

4.Intel® H81 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connector (7-pin SATA6G_1~2 [yellow])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables.

H81I-PLUS

SATA6G_1

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXN1

RSATA_RXP1

GND

SATA6G_2

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXN2

RSATA_RXP2

GND

H81I-PLUS SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors

When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [AHCI].

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