Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 - Motherboard Rear and Audio Connections; Rear I;O Connection

ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0
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Chapter 2
2.3 Motherboard rear and audio connections
2.3.1 Rear I/O connection
Rear panel connectors
1.
USB 2.0 ports 1-4 6. USB 3.1 Type-A port EA2
2.
Intel
®
LAN port* 7. USB 3.1 Type-C port EC1
3.
USB 3.0 ports E12 8. Optical S/PDIF Out port
4. USB 3.0 ports E34 9. Audio I/O ports**
5. USB 3.1 Type-A ports E12
* and ** : Refer to the tables on the next page for LAN port LEDs and audio port definitions.
• The plugged USB 3.0 device may run on xHCI mode or EHCI mode, depending on the
operating system’s setting.
• USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only.
• We strongly recommend that you connect USB 3.0 devices to USB 3.0 ports, and
USB 3.1 devices to USB 3.1 ports for faster and better performance.
• Due to USB 3.0/USB 3.1 controller limitation, USB 3.0/USB 3.1 devices can only
be used under Windows
®
7 OS environment and after the USB 3.0/USB 3.1 driver
installation.