TYAN TIGER MPX Manual page 18

2.18 – Connecting External Devices
Connecting external devices to the motherboard is an easy task. The standard devices you should
expect to plug into the motherboard are keyboards, mice, and printer cables. The following
diagram will detail the ATX port stack for the following board:
S2466 Tiger MPX
3COM Ethernet drivers for Windows 2000:
By default, Windows 2000 will install its own drivers for the 3COM Ethernet controller on the
S2466N. However, the default driver that is supplied with Windows 2000 will not correctly support
the controller. Please use the 3COM driver supplied on the TYAN Drivers CD or download the
latest drivers from www.3com.com.
At times, the PS/2 ports for keyboard and mice may be mixed up. Simply remember that the port
that is closest to the motherboard belongs to the keyboard and the one on top belongs to the
mouse.
Besides being used primarily to connect printers, the Parallel Port is also used for devices such as
Printers, Zip drive, some external CD-RW drives and or other external devices. More on the
uncommon side these days are the Serial Ports. They were primarily used to connect external
modems, but most modems today are using USB or are installed internally.
TIP: While the ports have been created to accept connectors in only one direction, make sure to
be careful when inserting connectors. At times, attaching connectors in the incorrect orientation
can damage, bend and or break the pins.
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