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There looks to be sata connectors on the small strip of connectors on the motherboard. What are those? Where can I find documentation for that? I cant find anything about them in the manual.
Power: there are additional power outlets available at every group of slots. For example, there are connectors more suited to running PCI-e cards closer to the PCI-e slots below.
SATA: yes you can use them for your own drives. Third-party vendors (other than Promise) should be getting close to supplying the appropriate short cables any minute now.
USB-A: I believe that may be a USB-3.1 speed connection, intended for use inside the cabinet, but I cannot confirm that at this writing. The USB on the outside of the I/O card are only USB-A at 5Mbits, suitable for keyboards or slower devices, NOT mass storage.
Power: there are additional power outlets available at every group of slots. For example, there are connectors more suited to running PCI-e cards closer to the PCI-e slots below.
SATA: yes you can use them for your own drives. Third-party vendors (other than Promise) should be getting close to supplying the appropriate short cables any minute now.
USB-A: I believe that may be a USB-3.1 speed connection, intended for use inside the cabinet, but I cannot confirm that at this writing. The USB on the outside of the I/O card are only USB-A at 5Mbits, suitable for keyboards or slower devices, NOT mass storage.
SATA and power for the 2-drive Promise j2i sub-assembly that can be tucked in just above:
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Ah ok. Can I use those sata and power for other pcie? And is that an internal usb-a? 3.1usb?
thanks for the clear explaination
mac pro 7,1 connector on the side strip on the motherboard? What are those?
