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Installing the Motherboard
Connecting I/O Devices
The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
PS2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.
PS2 Keyboard Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
DVI Port Use the DVI port to connect the monitor.
(optional)
Serial Port Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or
(COM) fax/modems.
VGA Port Connect your monitor to the VGA port.
LAN Port Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the Network.
USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Audio Ports
Use the audio jacks to connect audio devices. The D port is
for stereo line-in signal, while the F port is for microphone
in signal. This mainboard supports 8-channel audio devices
that correspond to the A, B, C and E port respectively. In
addition, all of the 3 ports, B, C and E provide users with
both right & left channels individually. Users please refer to
the following note for specific port function definition.
The above port definition can be changed to audio input or
audio output by changing the driver utility setting.
A : Center & Woofer D : Line-in
B : Back Surround E : Front Out
C : Side Surround F : Mic_in Rear