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Making External Connections
After you have installed the mainboard, make the connections to
the external ports.
P S/2
m o use
P S/2
keyboard
U S B
po rts
P arallel port (LP T1)
S erial po rt
C O M 1
S erial po rt
C O M 2
Lin e-in
G am e p ort
M icro phon e
Lin e-out
1. The mainboard has a stack of two PS/2 mini-DIN ports. The
upper port can be used by a PS/2 mouse or pointing device.
The lower port can be used by a PS/2 keyboard.
2. Use the USB ports to connect to USB devices.
3. LPT1 is a parallel port that can be used by printers or other
parallel communications devices. The system identifies the
parallel port as LPT1.
4. COM1 and COM2 are serial ports that can be used by serial
devices such as mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by
the system as COM1/3. COM2 is identified by the system as
COM2/4.
5. You can use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI
device to your system.
6. Three audio ports are provided. The left side jack is for a
stereo line-out signal. The middle jack is for a stereo line-in
signal. The right side jack is for a microphone.
