Connecting I/O Devices - ECS A740GM-M Manual

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Connecting I/O Devices

The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
PS2 Mouse
PS2 Keyboard
Serial Port
(COM1)
VGA Port
DVI Port (optional)
LAN Port
USB Ports
Audio Ports
Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.
Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or
fax/modems.
Connect your monitor to the VGA port.
Use the DVI port to connect the monitor.
Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the network.
Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Use the three audio jacks to connect audio devices. The first
jack is for stereo line-in signal. The second
stereo line-out signal. The third jack is for microphone.
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.
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