P5SJ-A User’s Manual
2:
Using Your Mainboard – 2.6
Hardware Features
This section is a brief overview of information about the
mainboard’s hardware features that connect to external devices.
Onboard Ports
There are five external ports on the mainboard. These are ports
standard to most personal computers:
• COM1 Serial Port
A high-speed serial port which can also be configured as the
COM3 port in the CMOS Setup Utility.
• COM2 Serial Port
A high-speed serial port which can also be configured as the
COM4 port in the CMOS Setup Utility.
• Parallel Port
The parallel port can be configured as a Standard, ECP or EPP
parallel port in the CMOS Setup Utility.
• PS/2 Keyboard Port
• PS/2 Mouse Port
Connectors
There are several connectors on the mainboard for connecting
additional ports and internal peripheral devices
• IDE 1 – Primary IDE Channel
Connector for the Primary Master and Slave IDE devices.
• IDE 2 – Secondary IDE Channel
Connector for the Secondary Master and Slave IDE devices.
• Floppy Connector
Connector for two floppy disk drives.
