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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 LPT to connect printers or other parallel communications
(LPT) 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.
1394 port Use the 1394 port to connect any Firewire device.
(optional)
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.
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.
Use the three audio jacks 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.
Audio Ports
(Optional)