GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY GIGABYTE GS-S12-P04R, User Manual

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28) S-SATA0~1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Supported by the Intel
®
PCH)
The C621-WD12 has two S-SATA 3.0 ports (S-SATA0/1) which are supported by the Intel
®
C621 chipset.
S-SATA0/1 can be used with SATA_DOMs which are Black SATA DOM connectors with power pins built
in, and do not require externalpower cables. SATA_DOMs are backward-compatible with regular SATA
HDDs, need external power cables. All these SATA ports provide serial-link signal connections, which are
faster than the connections of Parallel ATA.
29) I-SATA0~7 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Supported by the Intel
®
PCH)
The C621-WD12 has eight I-SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA0~7) which are supported by the Intel
®
C621 chipset.
All these SATA ports provide serial-link signal connections, which are faster than the connections of Parallel
ATA.
30) PCIEX4_M2 (M.2 Socket 3 Connectors)
The PCI-E M.2 connector is for devices such as memory cards, wireless adapters, etc. These devices
must conform to the PCI-E M.2 specifications (formerly known as NGFF). Also, the M.2 socket on the
motherboard supports PCI-E 3.0 x4 (32 Gb/s) SSD cards(2280 & 22110) and SATA SSD Cards.
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31) U2_1~2 (U2 Connector)
This motherboard comes with U.2 connector which support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express storage.
32) PWR_SW (Power Button)
33) RST_SW (Reset Button)
On Board Power Switch & Reset Switch.
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