K8X800 PRO II Mainboard
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Serial and Parallel Interface Ports
e parallel port on the back panel. The
he Serial Interface: COM
he serial interface port is sometimes referred to as a RS-232 port or an asynchronous
er peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port.
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terface.
, Line-in and Front
The other three surround
Front Speaker-Out
Connects to standard audio speakers. This port becomes the front speakers
when 7.1 Channel Audio Effects driver is installed and enabled. Also note that this port provides the
The K8X800 PRO II come equipped with one serial port and on
interface ports will be explained below:
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1
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communication port. Mice, modems and oth
Parallel Interface Port: PRT
The parallel port on your system has a 25-pin, DB25 connector and is used to interface with parall
printers and other devices using a parallel in
Audio Port Connectors: Sound1/ Sound2
This mainboard comes equipped with six Audio Ports. The three ports, Mic-in
Speaker-out are standard audio ports that provides basic audio functionality.
sound ports are disabled until you install the 7.1 Channel Audio Effects driver which provide eight
channel (eight speaker) sound functionality. After you install these drivers and setup 7.1 channel
Audio effect, the three additional audio ports are enabled and added to the Front Speaker-out port,
giving you a total of four ports supporting two speakers each.
most amperage of all the ports making it suitable for headphones and speakers without pow cables.
Line In
Connects to an external audio device such as a CD player, tape player or other audio devices
that provide audio out.
er
Mic In
Connects to a microphone.
Surround Back Speaker-out
This port represents the surround sound back speakers and is only
functional when the 7.1 Channel Audio Effects driver is installed and enabled.
Surround Speaker-out
This port represents an auxiliary port and is only functional when 7.1
Channel Audio Effects driver is installed and enabled.
Center/Subwoofer
This port represents the Center/Subwoofer speakers and is only functional when
the 7.1 Channel Audio Effects driver is installed and enabled.
Print Port
COM1
Line-in
Front Speaker-out
Center(L)/ Subwoofer(R) Speaker-out
Surround Speaker-out
Surround Back Speaker-out
Mic-in
This mainboard supports 7.1 Channel Audio effects. See
appendix
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for more information.
