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Making External Connections
After you have installed the mainboard, make the connections to
the external ports.
PS/2
mouse
PS/2
keyboard
USB
ports
Parallel port
LPT1
Serial port
COM 1
Serial port
COM 2
Line-in
Game Port
Microphone
Line-out
1. The PS/2 mouse port can be used by a PS/2 mouse or
pointing device. The PS/2 keyboard port can be used by a
PS/2 keyboard.
2. Use the USB ports to connect to USB devices.
3. LPT1 is a parallel port that can be used by printers or other
parallel communications devices. The system identifies the
parallel port as LPT1.
4. COM1 and COM2 are serial ports that can be used by serial
devices such as mice or fax/modems.
5. You can use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI
device to your system.
6. Three audio ports are provided: the left side jack is for a
stereo line-out signal; the middle jack is for a stereo line-in
signal; the right side jack is for a microphone.
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