Strontech IMB-H114, Instructions Manual

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Installing a SATA Hard Drive
This section describes how to install a SATA Hard Drive.
SATA cable
(optional)
SATA power cable
(optional)
About SATA Connectors
Your motherboard features four SATA connectors supporting a total of four drives.
SATA refers to Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard inter-
face for the IDE hard drives which are currently used in most PCs. These connectors
are well designed and will only fit in one orientation. Locate the SATA connectors on
the motherboard and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives.
Installing Serial ATA Hard Drives
To install the Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives, use the SATA cable that supports the
Serial ATA protocol. This SATA cable comes with a SATA power cable. You can
connect either end of the SATA cable to the SATA hard drive or the connector on the
motherboard.
Refer to the illustration below for proper installation:
This motherboard supports the “Hot-Plug” function.
1 Attach either cable end to the connector on the motherboard.
2 Attach the other cable end to the SATA hard drive.
3 Attach the SATA power cable to the SATA hard drive and connect the
other end to the power supply.
* For reference only
Connecting I/O Devices
The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
LAN Ports
Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the Network.
Audio Ports
Use the two audio ports to connect audio devices. The first
jack is for stereo line-out singal. The second jack is for
stereo Mic-in singal.
PS2 Mouse Use the upper PS2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device
or keyboard.
You can connect the display devices to the VGA port.
VGA Port
You can connect the display devices to the DVI port.
DVI Port
Serial port
(COM1)
Use the COM port to connect the serial devices such as mice
or fax/modems.
Use the USB 3.0 ports to connect USB 3.0 devices.
USB 3.0 Ports
You can connect the cash drawer to the HDMI port.
HDMI Port
Use the USB 2.0 ports to connect USB 2.0 devices.
USB 2.0 Ports