Serial ATA HDD Connectors: SATA1~2
T
he mainboard provides dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. The ports support 1
generation Serial ATA data rates of 150 MB/s and are full
specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk drive.
PIN
SIGNAL
1
GND
3
TXN
5
RXN
7
GND
MSI Reminds You...
You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin while the system is off. Then return to 1-2 pin position. Avoid
clearing the CMOS while the system is on; it will damage the mainboard.
IrDA Infrared Module Header: JIR1 (Optional)
The connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared module. You must
configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR fun
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compliant with Intel
PCI Express Slots
The mainboard provides a PCI Express
x16 slot, a PCI Express x1
Express slots, as a high-bandwidth, low p
count, serial, interconnect technology. PC
Express architecture provides a high
performance I/O infrastructure for Desktop P
per second over PCI Express x1 lane
purpose I/O. Also, desktop platforms with PCI Ex press Architecture will be designed to deliver highes
performance in video, graphics, multimedia and other sophisticated applications.
PIN
SIGNAL
2
TXP
4
GND
6
RXP
Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
slot. The PCI
for Gigabit Ethernet, TV Tuners, 1394 controllers, and general
y compliant with Serial ATA 1.0
PCI_E1(PCI Express x16)
in
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PCI _E2(PCI Express x1)
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atforms with transfer rates starting at 2.5 Giga transfers
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7
1
IRRX[2]
IRTX[1]
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