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Installing the Motherboard
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.
Parallel Port Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications
(LPT1) devices.
Serial Port Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or
(COM1) fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the system as COM1/3.
VGA Port Connect your monitor to the VGA port.
LAN Port Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer
(optional) to the Network.
USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Audio Ports 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.
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.