Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING - 1.1.8 Internal connectors

ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING
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Chapter 1
1.1.8 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12, SATA 6G_34)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 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
®
Z370 chipset.
• These connectors are set to [AHCI] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [Intel RST
Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration (RAID)].
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to the manual bundled in the motherboard support
DVD.
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING
Intel
®
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
A
A B
B
2. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports HD
Audio. 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.
ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING Analog front panel connector
AAFP
SENSE2_RETUR
SENSE1_RETUR
NC
AGND
PORT2 L
SENSE_SEND
PORT2 R
PORT1 R
PORT1 L
HD-audio-compliant
pin definition
PIN 1