User's Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
8. USB 3.0 ports.These9-pinUniversalSerialBus(USB)portsareforUSB3.0devices.
• ThepluggedUSB3.0devicemayrunonxHCIorEHCImode,dependingonthe
operating system’s setting.
• USB3.0devicescanonlybeusedfordatastorage.
• WestronglyrecommendthatyouconnectUSB3.0devicestoUSB3.0portsforfaster
andbetterperformancefromyourUSB3.0devices.
• DuetothedesignoftheIntel
®
100serieschipset,allUSBdevicesconnectedtothe
USB2.0andUSB3.0portsarecontrolledbythexHCIcontroller.SomelegacyUSB
devicesmustupdatetheirrmwareforbettercompatibility.
9. USB 5Gb/s Type C port.This24-pinUniversalSerialBus(USB)portisforUSB(Type
C)devices.
10. DVI-D port. ThisportisforanyDVI-Dcompatibledevice.DVI-Dcan’tbeconvertedto
outputRGBSignaltoCRTandisn’tcompatiblewithDVI-I.
• Multi-VGAoutputsupportsuptothreedisplaysunderWindows
®
OSenvironment,two
displaysunderBIOS,andonedisplayunderDOS.
• Intel
®
display architecture design supports the following maximum supported pixel
clocks(PixelClock=HtotalxVTotalxFrameRate(Screenrefreshrate)):
- DVIport:165MHz
- VGAport:180MHz
- HDMIport:300MHz
11. HDMI port.ThisportisforaHigh-DenitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)connector,
andisHDCPcompliantallowingplaybackofHDDVD,Blu-ray,andotherprotected
content.
12. PS/2 Keyboard port (purple).ThisportisforaPS/2keyboard.