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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
Thisconnectorisforachassis-mountedfrontpanelaudioI/Omodulethatsupports
eitherHDAudioorlegacyAC`97audiostandard.Connectoneendofthefront
panelaudioI/Omodulecabletothisconnector.
• Werecommendthatyouconnectahigh-denitionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothis
connectortoavailofthemotherboard’shigh-denitionaudiocapability.
• Ifyouwanttoconnectahigh-denitionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothisconnector,
settheFront Panel TypeitemintheBIOSsetupto[HDAudio].Ifyouwantto
connectanAC’97frontpanelaudiomoduletothisconnector,settheitemto
[AC97].Bydefault,thisconnectorissetto[HDAudio].
PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x1 slot
ThismotherboardsupportsPCIExpress3.0/2.0x1networkcards,SCSIcards,and
othercardsthatcomplywiththePCIExpressspecications.
PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x4 slot
ThismotherboardsupportsPCIExpress3.0/2.0x4RAIDcards,SSDs,andother
cardsthatcomplywiththePCIExpressspecications.
PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot
ThismotherboardhasonePCIExpress3.0/2.0x16slotthatsupportsPCIExpress
3.0/2.0x16graphiccardscomplyingwiththePCIExpressspecications.
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
A B C D
SATAController shared – – –
PCIex16 shared – – –
Realtek8111HLANController – – – shared
High-DenitionAudio shared – – –
XHCIController shared – – –
PCIex1 – shared – –
PCIex4 shared – – –
WhenusingPCIcardsonsharedslots,ensurethatthedriverssupport“ShareIRQ”orthat
thecardsdonotneedIRQassignments.Otherwise,conictswillarisebetweenthetwoPCI
groups,makingthesystemunstableandthecardinoperable.