Drives

Externally accessible

one 3.5-inch drive bay (FlexBay)

 

one 5.25-inch drive bay

Internally accessible

two 3.5-inch drive bays

Available devices

two 3.5-inch Serial ATA hard drive (internal bay)(one

 

optional) and one 5.25-inch Serial ATA CD-ROM,

 

CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, or combo drive

 

(external bay)

 

floppy drive (optional) or Media Card Reader

 

(optional) and USB memory devices

 

 

Connectors

 

 

 

External connectors:

 

Video

15-hole connector

Network adapter

RJ-45 connector

USB

two front-panel and four back-panel USB 2.0-

 

compliant connectors

Audio

six connectors for 7.1 support

System board connectors:

 

Serial ATA

four 7-pin connectors

Internal USB device

one 10-pin connector (supports two USB ports)

Floppy drive

one 34-pin connector

Processor fan

one 4-pin connector

Chassis fan

one 3-pin connector

PCI 2.3

two 124-pin connectors

PCI Express x1

one 36-pin connector

PCI Express x16

one 164-pin connector

Front panel control

one 10-pin connector

Front panel USB

one 10-pin connectors

Appendix

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