ASRock 960gm-vgs3 fx [22/53] Onboard headers and connectors

2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place

jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps

over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the

motherboard!

Serial ATA2 Connectors These four Serial ATA2 (SATA2)

(SATAII_1 (PORT 1): see p.12, No. 13)

connectors support SATA data

(SATAII_2 (PORT 2): see p.12, No. 12)

cables for internal storage

(SATAII_3 (PORT 5): see p.12, No. 10)

devices. The current SATA2

(SATAII_4 (PORT 6): see p.12, No. 7)

interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s

data transfer rate.

SATAII_1 (PORT 1)

SATAII_2 (PORT 2)

SATAII_3 (PORT 5)

SATAII_4 (PORT 6)

Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data

Data Cable cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

SATA2 hard disk or the SATA2

connector on this motherboard.

U SB_PWR

P-8

GND

DUMMY

U SB_PWR

P +8

GND

P-9

P +9

USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB6_7)

ports on the I/O panel, there

(see p.12 No. 17)

are two USB 2.0 headers on

this motherboard. Each USB 2.0

header can support two USB

2.0 ports.

(9-pin USB8_9)

(see p.12 No. 16)