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2.8 eSA 2.8 eSAT T T T T AII Inter 2.8 eSA AII Inter AII Inter AII Interface Introduction
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What is eSATAII?
This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification.
eSATAII allows you to enjoy the SATAII function provided by the I/O of your
computer, offering the high speed data transfer rate up to 3.0Gb/s, and the
convenient mobility like USB. eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that
enables you to exchange drives easily. For example, with eSATAII interface, you
may simply plug your eSATAII hard disk to the eSATAII ports instead of opening
your chassis to exchange your SATAII hard disk. Currently, on the market, the
data transfer rate of USB 2.0 is up to 480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394 is up to 400Mb/
s. However, eSATAII provides the data transfer rate up to 3000Mb/s, which is
much higher than USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394, and still keeps the convenience of Hot
Plug feature. Therefore, on the basis of the advantageous transfer speed and the
facilitating mobile capability, in the near future, eSATAII will replace USB 2.0 and
IEEE 1394 to be a trend for external interface.
How to install eSATAII?
1. If you just plan to install one eSATAII device to this motherboard, it is recom-
mended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield. In order to enable
the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the red SATAII
connector (SATAII_RED; see p.2 No.10) and the red eSATAII connector
(eSATAII_BOTTOM; see p.2 No.38) with a SATA data cable first. Then the
bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield is enabled.
Connect the SATA
data cable to the red
SATAII connector
(SATAII_RED)
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SATAII_RED and
SATAII_ORANGE
Connect the SATA
data cable to the red
eSATAII connector
(eSATAII_BOTTOM)
eSATAII_TOP and
eSATAII_BOTTOM