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Chapter 2
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I/O Connectors
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors
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5 Serial ATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (CS331-Q370)
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6 Serial ATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (CS331-C246)
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Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller
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Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10
The Serial ATA connectors are used to connect Serial ATA devices. Connect one end of the Se-
rial ATA data cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device.
BIOS Setting
Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Chipset menu (“PCH-IO Configuration” > “SATA And RST
Configuration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to the chapter 3 for more information.
Features
2
2
G2
I C
Ba
ttery
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
RX-
GND
TX-
TX+
GND
7
1
RX+
GND
The 8-bit Digital I/O connector provides powering-on function to external devices that are
connected to these connectors. The pin functions of the 8-bit digital I/O connector are listed
below.
Digital I/O Connector
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Digital I/O Connector
Pin
Assignment
Pin
Assignment
1
GND
2
+12V
3
DIO7
4
+12V
5
DIO6
6
GND
7
DIO5
8
+5V
9
DIO4
10
+5V
11
DIO3
12
GND
13
DIO2
14
+5VDU
15
DIO1
16
+5VDU
17
DIO0
18
GND
19
GND
20
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Digital I/O
2
2
G2
I C
Ba
ttery
SATA 0
SATA 1
SATA 2
SATA 3
SATA 5
SATA 6
(CS331-Q246 only)
1
2
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