Asus SABERTOOTH X58 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.

Asus SABERTOOTH X58 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Triple-channel
Number of memory slots	6
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	24 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1800, 1866 MHz
System bus rate	6.4 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i7, Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of COM connectors	1
Number of SATA III connectors	2
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Audio chip	Realtek ALC892
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	Intel® X58
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	Intel ICH10R
Motherboard chipset family	Intel
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit
Cables included	SATA
Controller 2nd interface type	Marvell PCIe 9128/JMicron JMB362

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	305 mm
Width	244 mm