V1.0 Vig103M Motherboard Manual
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Universal Serial Bus (USB)
The motherboard supports up to 4 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 3.0. The port arrangement
is a follows:
Four USB 2.0 ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (black)
Two USB 3.0 ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (blue)
All USB ports are high-speed, full-speed, and low-speed capable.
NOTE:
Computer systems that have an unshielded cable attached to a USB port may
not meet FCC Class B requirements, even if no device or a low-speed (sub-channel)
USB device is attached to the cable. Use shielded cable that meets the requirements for
high-speed (fully rated) devices.
SATA Support
The board provides four 6 Gb/s SATA connectors, which support one device per
connector.
NOTE:
By default the SATA mode is set to AHCI in the BIOS to improve system
performance. During Microsoft Windows XP installation, you must press F6 to install the
AHCI drivers. Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 include the
necessary RAID drivers for both AHCI and RAID without the need to install separate
RAID drivers using the F6 switch in the operating system installation process. It is
advised to install the latest AHCI drivers to improve system performance.
Expansion Slots
The motherboard provides the following expansion capability:
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot
2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots