User Guide
Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
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4. Serial ATA 3.0 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SSATA_1-4 [gray])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives
that allows up to 6 Gbps of data transfer rate.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can use a software RAID solution to
create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or a RAID 10 conguration. For more information
on the SATA RAID solutions supported on this motherboard, refer to the RAID
Conguration chapter of this user guide.
5. System Management Bus (SMBUS) connector (5-1 pin SMBUS1)
This connector controls the system and power management-related tasks. This
connector processes the messages to and from devices rather than tripping the
individual control lines.