User Manual

Table Of Contents

ASUS WS C246M PRO/SE

1-19

Chapter 1

1.1.9 Internal connectors

1. Intel

Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-8)

TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA6Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA6Gb/s

signalcables.

IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,1,5,and10

congurationwiththeIntel

RapidStorageTechnologyenterprisethroughtheonboard

Intel

C246chipset.

Theseconnectorsaresetto[AHCI]bydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSerialATARAIDset

usingtheseconnectors,settheSATAModeitemintheBIOSto[RAID].

2. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP1)

Thisconnectorisforachassis-mountedfrontpanelaudioI/OmodulethatsupportsHD

Audio.ConnectoneendofthefrontpanelaudioI/Omodulecabletothisconnector.

Werecommendthatyouconnectahigh-denitionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothisconnector

toavailofthemotherboard’shigh-denitionaudiocapability.