Connectors and I/O

Totally ASUS equipped the Z97-A with four angled SATA ports, which can be found below the 24-pin ATX power connector. Apart from that there is also a SATA Express connector as well as an M.2 slot. Therefore it should be no problem whatsoever to equip office PCs as well as multimedia PCs with plenty of drives. We also like that there are different types of storage connectors, which is definitely up-to-date with todays standards. What you won't find with this board are practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug display.



Totally you'll find six fan header on the Z97-A which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped office or multimedia PC with fresh air. ASUS decided to use 4-pin PWM headers in all six cases. Therefore it is possible to adjust rotation speeds in the BIOS or in Windows.



Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the Z97-A with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, two USB 2.0/1.1 ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI connector, a DisplayPort output, a VGA out, a DVI out as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel.

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