1.12 Connectors

This section describes and illustrates the internal connectors on the motherboard.

1.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY1)

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting one end to the motherboard, connect the other end to the floppy drive. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug).

PIN 1

FLOPPY1

NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.

P4V8X-X

P4V8X-X Floppy Disk Drive Connector

2. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)

These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for Serial ATA hard disks. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra ATA/133).

P4V8X-X

P4V8X-X SATA Connectors

SATA1

GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND

SATA2

GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND

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