Technical information

10 Chapter 1
Rear I/O Port
Item Description
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse
Connector
To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the
upper port (green) and the keyboard to the ower port (purple).
Parallel Port(LPT1) The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other
peripheral devices.
Serial Port(COM1) Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.
VGA Port Monitor can be connected to VGA port.
USB Ports Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please
make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner,
zip, speaker...etc. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure
your OS supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB
controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver
upgrade. For more information please contact your OS or device(s)
vendors.
LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data
transfer speeds of 10/100/1000Mbps.
1394a Port Use the 1394a port to connect andy 1394a device
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
motherboard 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.
A: Center&Woofer
B: Back Surround
C: Side Surround
D: Line-in
E: Front Out
F: Mic-in Rear
NOTE: The above port definition can be changed to audio
input or audio output by changing the driver utility
setting.