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... create RAID arrays. 1.1 Introduction to a second drive. Although RAID 0 function can start to use RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, or RAID 5 function with six SATA / SATAII ports, you can improve the access performance, it does not provide any HDDs of data from one drive to RAID The term "RAID" stands for creating...
... create RAID arrays. 1.1 Introduction to a second drive. Although RAID 0 function can start to use RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, or RAID 5 function with six SATA / SATAII ports, you can improve the access performance, it does not provide any HDDs of data from one drive to RAID The term "RAID" stands for creating...
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... selection appears. The system will see the message on IDE HDD, please skip step 1 and 2. If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . When you see these messages, Please choose: 1. During POST at...or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow step 1 to set up , press key, and then...
... selection appears. The system will see the message on IDE HDD, please skip step 1 and 2. If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . When you see these messages, Please choose: 1. During POST at...or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow step 1 to set up , press key, and then...
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... take RAID 0 for creating RAID arrays. C. RAID 0: Striping - JBOD: Spanning - Go to use are RAID enabled. If your motherboard is equipped with six SATA / SATAII ports, you want to use NVRAIDMAN to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. Boot to create RAID 0 (Striping). Create Array and the following : A.
... take RAID 0 for creating RAID arrays. C. RAID 0: Striping - JBOD: Spanning - Go to use are RAID enabled. If your motherboard is equipped with six SATA / SATAII ports, you want to use NVRAIDMAN to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application. Boot to create RAID 0 (Striping). Create Array and the following : A.
User Manual
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...Mb/s - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - DX10 VGA, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers - Support for CPU power (K10N78-1394) - shared memory 512MB (see CAUTION 5) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode) - 2 x PCI...LAN 6 Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211BCL-GR - NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 - Supports 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port - NVIDIA® PureVideoTM HD Ready - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Supports Untied Overclocking ...
...Mb/s - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - DX10 VGA, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers - Support for CPU power (K10N78-1394) - shared memory 512MB (see CAUTION 5) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode) - 2 x PCI...LAN 6 Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211BCL-GR - NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 - Supports 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port - NVIDIA® PureVideoTM HD Ready - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Supports Untied Overclocking ...
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...x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header (K10N78-1394) - AMI Legal BIOS - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software... Support CD I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATAII Port (K10N78-1394) - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with 1 SATAII connector) (K10N78-1394) (see CAUTION 13) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - ...
...x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header (K10N78-1394) - AMI Legal BIOS - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software... Support CD I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATAII Port (K10N78-1394) - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with 1 SATAII connector) (K10N78-1394) (see CAUTION 13) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - ...
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...Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 13. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 14. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 15. Featuring an advanced proprietary hardware and software design, Intelligent Energy Saver is subject to our website. This motherboard...64-bit CPU, there is defined by hardware monitor function and overclock your SATAII hard disk drive to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to "Hybrid SLITM Operation Guide" on page 38 for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows®...
...Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 13. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 14. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 15. Featuring an advanced proprietary hardware and software design, Intelligent Energy Saver is subject to our website. This motherboard...64-bit CPU, there is defined by hardware monitor function and overclock your SATAII hard disk drive to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to "Hybrid SLITM Operation Guide" on page 38 for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows®...
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... function of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for NVIDIA® driver update in the future. CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS AMD Phenom X3 8400 Onboard... VGA with DVI-D port Dual Channel DDR2 533, 1GB x 2 Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64 * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) /...
... function of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 11 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement for NVIDIA® driver update in the future. CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS AMD Phenom X3 8400 Onboard... VGA with DVI-D port Dual Channel DDR2 533, 1GB x 2 Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64 * Currently, 1080p Blu-ray (BD) /...
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Items Configurations CPU AMD Phenom X3 8400 VGA Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Memory Dual Channel DDR2 533, 1GB x 2 OS Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64 Playback Software CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra DVD Player Blu-ray-DVDRW-...
Items Configurations CPU AMD Phenom X3 8400 VGA Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Memory Dual Channel DDR2 533, 1GB x 2 OS Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64 Playback Software CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra DVD Player Blu-ray-DVDRW-...
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... CPU_FAN1 140W CPU PCI Express 2.0 Super I/O PCIE2 PCIE3 RAID 1 FRONT_1394 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 AUDIO CODEC USB/WIFI HD_AUDIO1 CD1 1 IR1 1 FLOPPY1 PCIE1 K10N78-1394 CLRCMOS1 1 CMOS BATTERY SATAII_1 (PORT0) SATAII_3 (PORT2) SATAII_5 (PORT4) SATAII_2 (PORT1) SATAII_4 (PORT3) SATAII_6 (PORT5) PCI1 RoHS PCI2 PCI3...15 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 33 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, Green) 16 SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT0), Red) 34 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 17 SPI BIOS Chip 35 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 18 SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT2), Red) 36 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP...
... CPU_FAN1 140W CPU PCI Express 2.0 Super I/O PCIE2 PCIE3 RAID 1 FRONT_1394 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 AUDIO CODEC USB/WIFI HD_AUDIO1 CD1 1 IR1 1 FLOPPY1 PCIE1 K10N78-1394 CLRCMOS1 1 CMOS BATTERY SATAII_1 (PORT0) SATAII_3 (PORT2) SATAII_5 (PORT4) SATAII_2 (PORT1) SATAII_4 (PORT3) SATAII_6 (PORT5) PCI1 RoHS PCI2 PCI3...15 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 33 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, Green) 16 SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT0), Red) 34 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 17 SPI BIOS Chip 35 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 18 SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT2), Red) 36 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP...
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...(PCIE2, White) 32 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, Green) 33 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 34 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 14 Yellow) 7 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4; 1.6 Motherboard Layout (K10N78) 12 3 45 21.3cm (8.4-in) 1 PS2_USB_PW1 67 PS2 Mouse PS2... LAN PHY CPU_FAN1 140W CPU PCI Express 2.0 Super I/O PCIE2 PCIE3 RAID HDMI_SPDIF1 1 AUDIO CODEC USB/WIFI HD_AUDIO1 CD1 1 IR1 1 FLOPPY1 PCIE1 K10N78 CLRCMOS1 1 CMOS BATTERY SATAII_1 (PORT0) SATAII_3 (PORT2) SATAII_5 (PORT4) SATAII_2 (PORT1) SATAII_4 (PORT3) SATAII_6 (PORT5) PCI1 RoHS PCI2 PCI3 ...
...(PCIE2, White) 32 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, Green) 33 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 34 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 14 Yellow) 7 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4; 1.6 Motherboard Layout (K10N78) 12 3 45 21.3cm (8.4-in) 1 PS2_USB_PW1 67 PS2 Mouse PS2... LAN PHY CPU_FAN1 140W CPU PCI Express 2.0 Super I/O PCIE2 PCIE3 RAID HDMI_SPDIF1 1 AUDIO CODEC USB/WIFI HD_AUDIO1 CD1 1 IR1 1 FLOPPY1 PCIE1 K10N78 CLRCMOS1 1 CMOS BATTERY SATAII_1 (PORT0) SATAII_3 (PORT2) SATAII_5 (PORT4) SATAII_2 (PORT1) SATAII_4 (PORT3) SATAII_6 (PORT5) PCI1 RoHS PCI2 PCI3 ...
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... / Bass Side Speaker (No. 10) (No. 7) (No. 8) (No. 6) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V To enable Multi-Streaming function, you use. 1.7 I/O Panel (K10N78-1394) 1 2 34 5 6 9 7 10 8 11 16 15 14 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 VGA/D-Sub Port 3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 4 IEEE 1394 Port * 5 LAN RJ-45 Port 6 Side Speaker (Gray) 7 Rear Speaker (Black) 8 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 12 9 ** 10 11 12 13 14 15...
... / Bass Side Speaker (No. 10) (No. 7) (No. 8) (No. 6) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V To enable Multi-Streaming function, you use. 1.7 I/O Panel (K10N78-1394) 1 2 34 5 6 9 7 10 8 11 16 15 14 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 VGA/D-Sub Port 3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 4 IEEE 1394 Port * 5 LAN RJ-45 Port 6 Side Speaker (Gray) 7 Rear Speaker (Black) 8 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 12 9 ** 10 11 12 13 14 15...
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...then you need to connect a front panel audio cable to use front panel audio. 16 1.7 I/O Panel (K10N78) 1 2 3 4 7 5 8 6 9 14 13 12 11 10 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 VGA/D-Sub Port * 3 LAN RJ-45 Port 4 Side Speaker (Gray) 5 Rear Speaker (Black) 6 Central / Bass (Orange) 7 Line In (...Light Blue) ** 8 Front Speaker (Lime) 9 Microphone (Pink) 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 13 VGA/DVI-D Port 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are allowed to select "Realtek HDA Primary output" to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass...
...then you need to connect a front panel audio cable to use front panel audio. 16 1.7 I/O Panel (K10N78) 1 2 3 4 7 5 8 6 9 14 13 12 11 10 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 VGA/D-Sub Port * 3 LAN RJ-45 Port 4 Side Speaker (Gray) 5 Rear Speaker (Black) 6 Central / Bass (Orange) 7 Line In (...Light Blue) ** 8 Front Speaker (Lime) 9 Microphone (Pink) 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 13 VGA/DVI-D Port 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are allowed to select "Realtek HDA Primary output" to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass...
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...our support CD to use dual monitor function provided by VGA/DVI-D and VGA/D-Sub ports with this motherboard after your system boots. Then you can start to your computer. VGA/D-Sub port VGA/DVI-D port 2. When you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver ...174; OS. 26 To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps: 1. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I /O panel of both monitors. 2. 2.6 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature.
...our support CD to use dual monitor function provided by VGA/DVI-D and VGA/D-Sub ports with this motherboard after your system boots. Then you can start to your computer. VGA/D-Sub port VGA/DVI-D port 2. When you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver ...174; OS. 26 To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps: 1. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I /O panel of both monitors. 2. 2.6 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature.
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... already, there is no need to the steps below . Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I /O panel of this motherboard. 3. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I /O panel of this motherboard. Please make sure that you use multiple monitors with your primary...
... already, there is no need to the steps below . Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I /O panel of this motherboard. 3. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I /O panel of this motherboard. Please make sure that you use multiple monitors with your primary...
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... Digital Content Protection, a specification developed by the number three and four. 6. such as few entertainment PCs requires a secure connection to use HDCP function with DVI-D port on this monitor". A. Click the number "2" icon. C. Click and drag the display icons to below instruction for protecting digital entertainment content that supports HDCP function...
... Digital Content Protection, a specification developed by the number three and four. 6. such as few entertainment PCs requires a secure connection to use HDCP function with DVI-D port on this monitor". A. Click the number "2" icon. C. Click and drag the display icons to below instruction for protecting digital entertainment content that supports HDCP function...
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... Panel". Please follow below steps to enable HDMI audio function according to [Auto]. B. Install "Onboard HDMI HD Audio Driver" from ASRock Support CD to your system. Click "Hardware and Sound", and click "Sound". After you reboot the system, the HDMI audio function... Change the default setting "Speaker" to HDMI interface. Step 3: Reboot your system manually. 2.7 HDMI Audio Function Operation Guide The DVI-D port for further information. 2. You may pause sometimes. B. DVI to set up your system. C. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Chipset Configuration...
... Panel". Please follow below steps to enable HDMI audio function according to [Auto]. B. Install "Onboard HDMI HD Audio Driver" from ASRock Support CD to your system. Click "Hardware and Sound", and click "Sound". After you reboot the system, the HDMI audio function... Change the default setting "Speaker" to HDMI interface. Step 3: Reboot your system manually. 2.7 HDMI Audio Function Operation Guide The DVI-D port for further information. 2. You may pause sometimes. B. DVI to set up your system. C. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Chipset Configuration...
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... K10N78-1394, you to -use the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on this motherboard. Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the SATA data cable can also be used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock ... SATAII_6 (PORT5) connector and eSATAII connector. P+ GND N/C +3V 1 P- Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. Besides six default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on each drive. Either end of the power supply. This header can support two USB...
... K10N78-1394, you to -use the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on this motherboard. Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the SATA data cable can also be used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock ... SATAII_6 (PORT5) connector and eSATAII connector. P+ GND N/C +3V 1 P- Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. Besides six default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on each drive. Either end of the power supply. This header can support two USB...
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...panel, there is necessary to connect a power supply with ATX 12V plug to connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. Besides one default IEEE 1394 port on this motherboard. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 20-Pin... Power Supply Installation 1 13 ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p.13/14, No. 2) 4 8 1 5 Please note that it is one IEEE 1394 port. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5. 4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 1 5 Serial...
...panel, there is necessary to connect a power supply with ATX 12V plug to connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. Besides one default IEEE 1394 port on this motherboard. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 20-Pin... Power Supply Installation 1 13 ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p.13/14, No. 2) 4 8 1 5 Please note that it is one IEEE 1394 port. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5. 4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 1 5 Serial...
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... I/O of the advantageous transfer speed and the facilitating mobile capability, in IDE mode, please insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports only when the system is equipped with eSATAII devices. eSATAII allows you still want to use the eSATAII HDD as a removable data disk, ... is up to 480Mb/s, and for external interface. If you to RAID mode. 4. Please do not configure your eSATAII hard disk to 50 for K10N78-1394) What is supported with Hot Plug capability that eSATAII HDD should have. 5. otherwise, it may simply plug your eSATAII HDD as a RAID disk,...
... I/O of the advantageous transfer speed and the facilitating mobile capability, in IDE mode, please insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports only when the system is equipped with eSATAII devices. eSATAII allows you still want to use the eSATAII HDD as a removable data disk, ... is up to 480Mb/s, and for external interface. If you to RAID mode. 4. Please do not configure your eSATAII hard disk to 50 for K10N78-1394) What is supported with Hot Plug capability that eSATAII HDD should have. 5. otherwise, it may simply plug your eSATAII HDD as a RAID disk,...
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... eSATAII? SATAII_6 (PORT5) eSATAII_TOP 1. see p.13 No.36 or p.14 No.35) with a SATA data cable first. In order to enable the eSATAII port of the I /O shield 39 Connect one end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII device Connect the other end of the eSATAII device cable to... eSATAII port of the I/O shield according to the eSATAII connector that you need to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I /O shield, you connect the SATA data cable. How to the eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP)...
... eSATAII? SATAII_6 (PORT5) eSATAII_TOP 1. see p.13 No.36 or p.14 No.35) with a SATA data cable first. In order to enable the eSATAII port of the I /O shield 39 Connect one end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII device Connect the other end of the eSATAII device cable to... eSATAII port of the I/O shield according to the eSATAII connector that you need to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I /O shield, you connect the SATA data cable. How to the eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP)...