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Hardware Installation
Installation Notices for the M.2 and SATA Connectors:
Due to the limited number of lanes provided by the Chipset, the availability of the SATA connectors may be
affected by the type of device installed in the M2C_SOCKET. The M2C_SOCKET connector shares bandwidth
with the SATA3 4, 5, 6, 7 connectors. Refer to the following table for details.
• M2C_SOCKET
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 4 SATA3 5 SATA3 6 SATA3 7
M.2 SATA SSD
a a
r r
a a
M.2 PCIe SSD
a a
r r r r
No M.2 SSD Installed
a a a a a a
a: Available, r: Not available
Connector
Type of
M.2 SSD