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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.7.2 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
H97 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-4)
TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA6.0Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA6.0
Gb/ssignalcables.
IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,1,5,and10
congurationwiththeIntel
®
RapidStorageTechnologythroughtheonboardIntel
®
H97
chipset.
• Theseconnectorsaresetto[AHCI]bydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSerialATA
RAIDsetusingtheseconnectors,settheSATAModeSelectionitemintheBIOSto
[RAID].Refertosection2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• BeforecreatingaRAIDset,refertotheguidebundledinthemotherboardsupport
DVD.
• Whenusinghot-plugandNCQ,setthetypeoftheSATAconnectorsintheBIOSto
[AHCI].Seesection2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
2. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
ThisconnectorisforanadditionalSony/PhilipsDigitalInterface(S/PDIF)port.Connect
theS/PDIFOutmodulecabletothisconnector,theninstallthemoduletoaslot
opening at the back of the system chassis.
TheS/PDIFmoduleispurchasedseparately.
H97I-PLUS
A
B
A
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
B
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
H97I-PLUS SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
H97I-PLUS
H97I-PLUS Digital audio connector
SPDIF_OUT
+5V
SPDIFOUT
GND