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Chapter 1: Product introduction
6. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
Thisconnectorisforachassis-mountedfrontpanelaudioI/Omodulethatsupports
eitherHDAudioorlegacyAC`97audiostandard.Connectoneendofthefrontpanel
audioI/Omodulecabletothisconnector.
• Werecommendthatyouconnectahigh-denitionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothis
connectortoavailofthemotherboard’shigh-denitionaudiocapability.
• Ifyouwanttoconnectahigh-denitionoranAC’97frontpanelaudiomoduletothis
connector,settheFrontPanelTypeitemintheBIOSsetupto[HD Audio]or[AC97].
7. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM)
Thisconnectorisforaserial(COM)port.Connecttheserialportmodulecabletothis
connector,theninstallthemoduletoaslotopeningatthebackofthesystemchassis.
H170I-PLUS D3
H170I-PLUS D3 Front panel audio connector
AAFP
SENSE2_RETUR
SENSE1_RETUR
NC
AGND
PORT2 L
SENSE_SEND
PORT2 R
PORT1 R
PORT1 L
HD-audio-compliant
pin definition
PIN 1PIN 1
NC
NC
NC
AGND
Line out_L
NC
Line out_R
MICPWR
MIC2
Legacy AC’97
compliant definition
H170I-PLUS D3
H170I-PLUS D3 Serial port connector
PIN 1
COM
DCD
TXD
GND
RTS
RI
RXD
DTR
DSR
CTS
TheCOMmoduleispurchasedseparately.