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Installing the Motherboard
Connecting I/O Devices
The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.
Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
eSATA Ports 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.
Use the 1394a port to connect to any firewire device. 1394a Port
LAN Ports
USB Ports
PS2 Mouse
PS2 Keyboard
Before connecting the eSATA cables, make sure to turn off
the power of the external enclosure.
CLR_CMOS Button
Use the CLR_CMOS button to clear CMOS.
Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the Network.
This jack connects to external optical digital audio output
devices.
Optical SPDIF
Output
A: Center & Woof er D: Front Out
B: Back Surround E: Mic_in Rear
C: Line-in -