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Installing the Motherboard
Connecting I/O Devices
The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
DVI Port Use the DVI port to connect the monitor.
LAN Ports Connect RJ-45 jacks to LAN ports to connect your
computer to the Network.
USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
VGA Port Connect your monitor to the VGA port.
This jack connects to external optical/coaxial digital audio
output devices.
Coaxial/Optical
SPDIF Output
This motherboard may adopt 8-channel audio ports that
correspond to the A,B, C, and E port respectively. In addi-
tion, all of the 3 ports, B, C, and E provide users with both
right & left channels individually. Users please refer to the
following note for specific port function definition.
A: Center & Woofer D: Line-in
B: Back Surround E: Front Out
C: Side Surround F: Mic_in Rear
The above port definition can be changed to audio input or
audio output by changing the driver utility setting.
Audio Ports
ESATA Port Use this port to connect to external SATA boxes.
Before connecting the eSATA cables, make sure to turn off
the power of the external enclosure.
HDMI port Connect the HDMI port to the HDMI devices.