• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150
Audio
Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio Support
• Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
• ELNA Audio Caps
• Supports DTS Connect
• PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
LAN
• Realtek RTL8111GR
• Supports Wake-On-WAN
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike
Protection)
• Supports LAN Cable Detection
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
Rear Panel
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
I/O
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full
Spike Protection))
• 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1143) (Sup-
ports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1143) (Sup-
ports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Etron EJ188H) (Supports ESD Protection
(ASRock Full Spike Protection))
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)
• HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /
Front Speaker / Microphone
• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
Storage
RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports type
2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 PCI Express module up to
Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s)
970A-G/3.1
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