Asus K8V-XE K8V-XEDigital Audio Connector, Chapter 1: Product introduction, 5.Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)

4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk devices. The current Serial ATA I interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate while Serial ATA II allows up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (DMA/133).

	SATA4	SATA2
	GND TXP2 RSATA TXN2 RSATA GND RXP2 RSATA RXN2 RSATA GND	GND TXP2 RSATA TXN2 RSATA GND RXP2 RSATA RXN2 RSATA GND
	SATA3	SATA1
K8V -XE
	GND TXP2 RSATA TXN2 RSATA GND RXP2 RSATA RXN2 RSATA GND	GND TXP2 RSATA TXN2 RSATA GND RXP2 RSATA RXN2 RSATA GND

K8V-XE SATA Connectors

5.Digital Audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)

This connector is for the S/PDIF audio module to allow digital sound output. Connect one end of the S/PDIF audio cable to this connector and the other end to the S/PDIF module.

K8V -XE

SPDIF_OUT

+5V GND SPDIFOUT

K8V-XE Digital Audio Connector

The S/PDIF out module is purchased separately.

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