Mainboard K8SLI-AM2
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Mic-In
（
pink
）
This port is for connecting to a microphone. When the 8/6/4/2 channel audio system is enabled,
this port will be the input of your microphone.
Rear Surround-out
（
orange
）
This port is only functional for the output of the surround sound rear speakers when the 8/6/4/2
channel audio driver is installed and enabled.
Center/ Subwoofer-out
（
black
）
This port connects with the center/ subwoofer speakers. It will be functional when the 8/6
channel audio system is driven for center/ subwoofer output.
Side Surround-out
（
gray
）
This port will be effective for the output of side surround speakers when the 8 channel audio
system is set.
Connectors
Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD
The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector (FDD) that supports 360KB/
720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88 MB floppy disk drives using a FDD ribbon cable.
Hard Disk Drive Connectors: IDE1/IDE2
The mainboard provides two IDE connectors that support Ultra ATA 133/ 100/ 66/ 33 IDE
devices. You can attach a maximum of four IDE devices, such as hard disk drive (HDD),
CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. using IDE ribbon cables.
Primary IDE Connector: IDE1
In general, two IDE devices can be attached onto one IDE connector. If you attach two IDE
HDD, you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave.
Secondary IDE Connector: IDE2
The IDE2 connector can also be attached with two IDE HDD, and remember to configure one
drive as the Master and the other one as the Slave as well. In addition, it is recommended that
attach the optical devices such as CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. onto this IDE2 connector.
This mainboard supports multi-channel audio system which allows you to
transform your 2 speaker audio system into 8/ 6/ 4 speaker audio system.
See
Appendix I
for more information.
