Owner's Manual

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Serial ATA3 Connectors
(SATA III _0_1)
(see p.15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30)
(SATA III _M2_M3)
(see p.15, 18, 21)
(SATA III _M0_M1)
(see p.15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30)
Serial ATA (SATA)
Data Cable
Serial ATA2 Connectors
(SATAII_2_3)
(see p.15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30)
(SATAII_4_5)
(see p.15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30)
2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors
Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT
place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Plac-
ing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause
permanent damage to the motherboard!
These four Serial ATA2
(SATA2) connectors sup-
port SATA data cables for
internal storage devices.
The current SATA2 interface
allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate.
These four Serial ATA3
(SATA3) connectors sup-
port SATA data cables for
internal storage devices.
The current SATA3 interface
allows up to 6.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate.
SATAII_2_3SATAII_4_5
SATAIII_0_1 SATAIII_M2_M3 SATAIII_M0_M1
Either end of the SATA data
cable can be connected to
SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 hard
disks or the SATA2 / SATA3
connectors on this mother-
board.