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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.2.2 Rear panel connectors
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1. PS/2 Mouse port (green). This port is for a PS/2 mouse.
2. Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) port. This 15-pin port is for a VGA monitor or other
VGA-compatible devices.
3. Serial port (COM). This port connects a modem, or other devices that conform with
serial specication.
4. USB 3.2 Gen 1 (up to 5Gbps) ports. These 9-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports
connect to USB 3.2 Gen 1 devices.
5. Ethernet port. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN)
through a network hub. Refer to the table below for the Ethernet port LED indications.
Ethernet port LED indications
Ethernet port
Speed
LED
Activity Link
LED
Activity/Link LED Speed LED
Status Description Status Description
OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps connection
ORANGE Linked ORANGE 100 Mbps connection
BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1 Gbps connection
6. Line In port (light blue). This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or other audio
sources.
7. Line Out port (lime). This port connects a headphone or a speaker. In 4, 5.1, and
7.1-channel congurations, the function of this port becomes Front Speaker Out.
8. PS/2 Keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard.
9. DVI-D port. This port is for any DVI-D compatible device.
DVI-D can not be converted to output from RGB Signal to CRT and is not compatible with
DVI-I.
10. DisplayPort. This port is for a DisplayPort-compatible device.