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Installing the Motherboard
Connecting I/O Devices
The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.
PS2 Mouse
PS2 Keyboard
Parallel Port (LPT1)
Serial Port (COM1)
VGA Port
LAN Port (optional)
USB Ports
1394 Port (optional)
Audio Ports
Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.
Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications
devices.
Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax/
modems. COM1 is identified by the system as COM1/3.
Connect your monitor to the VGA port.
Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your com-
puter to the Network.
Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Connect your 1394a device to any device with Firewire inter-
face.
Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices. The first
jack is for stereo line-in signal. The second jack is for stereo
line-out signal. The third jack is for microphone.
(optional)
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