Closer Look at ASRock 4Core1333-eSATA2 Mainboard

Package and Accessories

ASRock 4Core1333-eSATA2 mainboard comes in a small box. The front side of the package is decorated with numerous logos of the functions and technologies the board supports. The reverse side lists the advantages of eSATA over USB backing them up with tables and charts.

The box is relatively thin because of modest accessories bundle. The package contains a think user’s manual booklet in several languages, ISE and FDD cables, a pair of SATA cables and a Serial ATA port adapter, a CD disk with software and drivers, a rear panel I/O Shield and a thin two-wire cable. I haven’t yet come across cables like that, so I had to consult the manual that stated that it was an HDMI_SPDIF cable getting the sound to the graphics card. One connector should be plugged into the mainboard, another one – to the graphics card (two- or three-pin connector, depending on the graphics card). As a result, the video and sound are transferred along a single HDMI cable.