Installation Notices for the M.2 and SATA Connectors:
DuetothelimitednumberoflanesprovidedbytheChipset,theavailabilityoftheSATAconnectorsmay
be affected by the type of device installed in the M.2 connector. Refer to the following table for details.
12) SPDIF_O (S/PDIF Out Header)
ThisheadersupportsdigitalS/PDIFOutandconnectsaS/PDIFdigitalaudiocable(providedbyexpansion
cards) for digital audio output from your motherboard to certain expansion cards like graphics cards and
soundcards.Forexample,somegraphicscardsmayrequireyoutouseaS/PDIFdigitalaudiocablefor
digitalaudiooutputfromyourmotherboardtoyourgraphicscardifyouwishtoconnectanHDMIdisplay
tothegraphicscardandhavedigitalaudiooutputfromtheHDMIdisplayatthesametime.Forinformation
aboutconnectingtheS/PDIFdigitalaudiocable,carefullyreadthemanualforyourexpansioncard.
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F_USB30
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BS_
B
SB_
B
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S_
_
B
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B
S
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123
123
123
1
1
1
1
BSS
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SSU
1 2 3
S3
BSSS
U
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F_USB3F
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SF
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B_
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S
S
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USB0_B
B_
F_USB3
F_USB303
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Pin No. Denition
1 5VDUAL
2 No Pin
3 SPDIFO
4 GND
• M2B_SOCKET:
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 ASATA3 0 ASATA3 1
M.2PCIex2SSD*
a a
r r
a a
NoM.2SSDInstalled
a a a a a a
a: Available, r: Not available
* TheM2B_SOCKETconnectorsupportsuptoPCIex2SSDs.
Connector
Type of
M.2SSD
• M2A_SOCKET:
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 ASATA3 0 ASATA3 1
M.2SATASSD
a a a a
r r
M.2PCIeSSD
a a a a
r r
NoM.2SSDInstalled
a a a a a a
a: Available, r: Not available
Connector
Type of
M.2SSD
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