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Hardware Installation
Due to the limited number of lanes provided by the Chipset, the availability of the SATA connectors and their
accompanying SATA express connectors may be affected by the type of devices installed in the PCIEX4, U2_32G,
and M2M_32G connectors. The following tables provide details on the availability of the SATA and SATA express
connectors when one, two, or all three of the PCIEX4, U2_32G, and M2M_32G connectors are populated.
Installation Notices for the PCIEX4, U2_32G, M2M_32G, SATA, SATA Express Connectors:
M2M_32G
PCIEX_4
U2_32G
SATA Express
SATA 3
Connector 0 Availability of the SATA and SATA Express connectors
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 SATA3 4 SATA3 5
SATA Express - SATA Express
PCIEX4 PCIe x4 SSD
(Note1)
r r
a a a a
r
-
a
PCIe x2 SSD
(Note1)
a a a a a a
a
-
a
Other PCIe Devices
(Note2)
a a a a a a
a
-
a
U2_32G U.2 SSD
a a
r r
a a
a
-
a
M2M_32G M.2 PCIe x4 SSD
a a a a
r r
a
-
r
M.2 PCIe x2 SSD
a a a a
r r
a
-
r
M.2 SATA SSD
a a a a
r r
a
-
r
Table 1: When only one of PCIEX4, U2_32G, and M2M_32G is populated
(Note1) WhenPCIEX4isinstalledwithaPCIex4orPCIex2SSD,thethirdPCIex1slot(PCIEX1_3)becomes
unavailable.
(Note2) OtherPCIedevicesincludePCIegraphicscards,LANcards,TVcards,RAIDcards,Wi-Ficards,etc.
Example: When M2M_32G is installed with a SATA-based SSD and PCIEX4, U2_32G are empty, SATA
ports 4,5 and their accompanying SATA Express connector become unavailable.