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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation
I/O Ports
This is a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the motherboard.
Installing the Processor
This motherboard has a
LGA775
Socket for the latest
Intel Pentium4 /
Celeron D
processors. When choosing a processor, consider the performance
requirements of the system. Performance is based on the processor design, the
clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the quantity of
internal cache memory and external cache memory.
PS/2 M o u s e
Us e the upper PS/2 port to c onnec t a PS/2 pointing
dev ic e.
PS/2 Ke yb o ar d
Us e the low er PS/2 port to c onnec t a PS/2
key board.
Par alle l Po r t (L PT 1)
Us e the Parallel port to c onnec t printers or other
parallel c ommunic ations dev ic es .
Se r ial Po r t (COM 1)
Us e the COM port to c onnec t s erial dev ic es s uc h
as mic e or f ax /modems . COM1 is identif ied by the
s y s tem as COM1.
L AN Po r t (o p tio n al)
Connec t an RJ-45 jac k to the LA N port to c onnec t
y our c omputer to the Netw ork.
USB Po r ts
Us e the USB ports to c onnec t USB dev ic es .
Au d io Po r ts
Us e thes e three audio jac ks to c onnec t audio
dev ic es . The f irs t jac k is f or s tereo Line-In s ignal,
the s ec ond jac k f or s tereo Line-Out s ignal, and the
third jac k f or Mic rophone.
PS2
mouse
PS2
keyboard
Parallel port (LPT1)
Serial port (COM1)
USB ports
USB ports
(optional)
LAN port
Line-in
Line-out
Microphone
