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• Be sure to connect fan cables to the fan headers to prevent your CPU from overheating. Over-
heating may result in damage to the CPU may hang.
• Thesefanheadersarenotcongurationjumperblocks.Donotplaceajumpercapontheheaders.
6) CPU_OPT (Water Cooling CPU Fan Header)
The fan header is 4-pin and possesses a foolproof insertion design. When connecting a fan cable, be sure
toconnectitinthecorrectorientation(theblackconnectorwireisthegroundwire).Thespeedcontrol
function requires the use of a fan with fan speed control design.
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 +12V /Speed Control
3 Sense
4 VCC
1
7) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel
®
Z87 Chipset)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel Z87
®
Chipset supports
RAID0,RAID1,RAID5,andRAID10.RefertoChapter3,"ConguringSATAHardDrive(s),"forinstruc-
tionsonconguringaRAIDarray.
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
7 1
7 1
1
0
SATA3
3
2
5
4
• ARAID0orRAID1congurationrequiresatleasttwoharddrives.Ifmorethantwoharddrives
are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
• ARAID5congurationrequiresatleastthreeharddrives.(Thetotalnumberofharddrivesdoes
nothavetobeanevennumber.)
• ARAID10congurationrequiresfourharddrives.