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I/O Connectors
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors
• 6 Serial ATA ports
- 6 SATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s (SATA 0, SATA 1, SATA 2, SATA 3,
SATA 4, SATA 5)
• Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller
• Supports Intel
®
Smart Response Technology
• 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 Advanced menu (“SATA Configuration” submenu) of the
BIOS. Refer to the chapter 3 for more information.
Features
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
RXN
GND
TXN
TXP
GND
7
1
RXP
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
Digital I/O Connector
Pins
Pin Assignment
Pins
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
NC
19
1
2
Digital I/O
SATA 0
SATA 1
SATA 3
SATA 2
SATA 4
SATA 5