Asus H97M-E - Internal Connectors: Storage and Audio; SATA and Digital Audio Connectors

3. Intel
®
H97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~4)
TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA6.0Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA6.0
Gb/ssignalcables.
IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,1,5,and10
congurationwiththeIntel
®
RapidStorageTechnologythroughtheonboardIntel
®
H97
chipset.
Whenusinghot-plugandNCQ,settheSATA Mode SelectionitemintheBIOSto[AHCI].
SATA6G_3
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND
SATA6G_4
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND
H97M-E
H97M-E SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
4. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
ThisconnectorisforanadditionalSony/PhilipsDigitalInterface(S/PDIF)port.Connect
theS/PDIFOutmodulecabletothisconnector,theninstallthemoduletoaslot
opening at the back of the system chassis.
TheS/PDIFmoduleispurchasedseparately.
H97M-E
H97M-E Digital audio connector
SPDIF_OUT
+5V SPDIFOUT GND
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Chapter 1: Product introduction