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Installing the Motherboard
Connecting I/O Devices
The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
The USB 3.0 connectors are optimized for SuperSpeed USB
3.0 devices, aslo are fully backwards-compatible with Hi-
Speed USB 2.0 devices.
Use the USB 3.0 ports to connect USB 3.0 devices.
LAN Ports
USB 3.0 Ports
Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the Network.
VGA Port
Connect your monitor to the VGA port.
Use these ports to connect to external SATA boxes or Serial
ATA port multipliers.
Audio Ports
Use the audio jacks to connect audio devices. The C port is
for stereo line-in signal, while the E port is for microphone
in signal. This motherboard supports audio devices that cor-
respond to the A, B, and D port respectively. In addition,
both of the 2 ports, B, and D provide users with both right &
left channels individually. Users please refer to the follow-
ing note for specific port function definition.
The above port definition can be changed to audio input or
audio output by changing the driver utility setting.
A: Center & Woof er
D: Front Out
B: Back Surround
E: Mic_in Rear
C: Line-in
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HDMI Port
Connect the HDMI port to the HDMI devices.
DVI Port
Connect the DVI port to the monitor.
This jack connects to external optical digital audio output
devices.
Optical SPDIF
Output
Connect the Display port to the monitor.
CLR_CMOS_BTN
Use the CLR_CMOS button to clear CMOS.
Use the USB 2.0 ports to connect USB 2.0 devices.
USB 2.0 Ports
eSATA Port
Display Port