System board connections

Refer to the following illustration and table to identify the system board connectors for your model.

No.

System Board Connector

System Board Label

Color

Component

 

 

 

 

 

1

PCI Express x16 downshifted

X4PCIEXP

white

Expansion Card

 

to a x4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

PCI Express x1

X1PCIEXP2

black

Expansion Card

 

 

 

 

 

3

PCI Express x1

X1PCIEXP1

black

Expansion Card

 

 

 

 

 

4

PCI Express x16

X16PCIEXP

black

Expansion Card

 

 

 

 

 

5

Parallel Port

PAR

black

Optional Parallel Port

 

 

 

 

 

6

Serial Port

COMB

black

Optional Second Serial Port

 

 

 

 

 

7

DIMM4 (Channel A)

DIMM4

white

Memory Module

 

 

 

 

 

8

DIMM3 (Channel A)

DIMM3

black

Memory Module

 

 

 

 

 

9

DIMM2 (Channel B)

DIMM2

white

Memory Module

 

 

 

 

 

10

DIMM1 (Channel B)

DIMM1

black

Memory Module

 

 

 

 

 

11

SATA 3.0

SATA2

light blue

Any SATA Device other than the

 

 

 

 

Primary Hard Drive

 

 

 

 

 

12

SATA 3.0

SATA1

light blue

Any SATA Device other than the

 

 

 

 

Primary Hard Drive

 

 

 

 

 

13

SATA 3.0

SATA0

dark blue

Primary Hard Drive

 

 

 

 

 

14

Battery

BAT

black

Battery

 

 

 

 

 

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