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Question posted by johndel999 on November 14th, 2012

Connect A Optical Disk Drive

where is the data cable conector on this mother board?

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Answer #1: Posted by cljeffrey on November 15th, 2012 1:46 PM

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The data connector on this motherboard is on the side. You suppose to coonect to the sata ports. Looks like there are about 6 sata ports on this motherboard. If you have any questions or comments you can email me at [email protected] which I reside in the U.S

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