Asus X58 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 2-25
Chapter 2
2.8 Connectors
2.8.1 Rear panel connectors
Rear panel connectors
1. PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port 7. IEEE 1394a port
2. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4 8. Power External SATA port
3. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 9. External SATA port
4. LAN (RJ-45) port* 10. USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2
5. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6 11. Audio I/O ports**
6. Optical S/PDIF Out port
*and **: Refer to the tables on the next page for LAN port and audio port denitions.
DO NOT insert a different connector to the external SATA port.
Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under
Windows
®
OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation.
USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only.
We strongly recommend that you connect USB 3.0 devices to USB 3.0 ports for faster
and better performance for your USB 3.0 devices.
If you want to use the hot-plug function of the external SATA ports, you have to set the
JMB 36x ATA Controller
item in the BIOS setting to [Enabled] and install the
JMicron
JMB36X Controller
Driver
from the motherboard support DVD. Refer to
section
3.6.3 Onboard Devices Conguration
for details.