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4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk
and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA
1.5Gb/s specication. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the
standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133).
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.
5. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports
either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of the front panel
audio I/O module cable to this connector.
• We recommend that you connect a high-denition front panel audio module to this
connector to avail of the motherboard’s high-denition audio capability.
• If you want to connect a high-denition front panel audio module to this connector, set
the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS setup to [HD Audio]. If you want to connect an
AC'97 front panel audio module to this connector, set the item to [AC97]. By default, this
connector is set to [HD Audio]. See section 2.5.3 Onboard Devices Conguration for
details.
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
P5P41T/USB3
P5P41T/USB3 SATA connectors
P5P41T/USB3
P5P41T/USB3 Analog front panel connector
AAFP
PIN 1
GND
PRESENCE#
SENSE1_RETUR
SENSE2_RETUR
PORT1 L
PORT1 R
PORT2 R
SENSE_SEND
PORT2 L
HD-audio-compliant
pin definition
PIN 1
AGND
NC
NC
NC
MIC2
MICPWR
Line out_R
NC
Line out_L
Legacy AC’97
compliant definition