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Hardware Installation
Connecting Serial ATA Cables (optional)
The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard.
These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices.
The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 3 Gb/s data transfer rate. There are two
serial ATA connectors on the motherboard that support IDE and RAID configurations.
SATA-Pin Definition
Pin
Signal
1
GND
2
TXP
3
TXN
4
GND
5
RXN
6
RXP
7
GND
Fan Connectors
There are two fan connectors on the motherboard. The fan speed can be detected
and viewed in the PC Health section of the CMOS Setup.
S
D
1
1
2
0
2
4
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
2
4
0
1
2
1
1.5V
1.5V
SATA-2
SATA-1
CPUFAN
GND
+12V
Sense
Control
SYS_FAN
GND
+12V
Sense