Connecting I/O Devices - ECS 915PL-A2 User Manual

Connecting I/O Devices

The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
PS2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.
PS2 Keyboard
Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
Parallel Port (LPT1) Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications
devices.
Serial Port Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or
(COM1)
fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the system as COM1/3.
LAN Port Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer
(optional)
to the Network.
USB Ports
Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Audio Ports
Use the audio jacks to connect audio devices. The A port is for
stereo line-in signal, while the C port is for microphone in signal.
This motherboard supports 8-channel audio devices that corre-
spond to the A, B, D, and E port respectively. In addition, all of the
3 ports, A, B, and D provide users with both right & left channels
individually. Users please refer to the following note for specific
port function definition.
A: Line-in/Side Surround
B: Front Out
C: Microphone In
The above port definition of A,B,C,D, and E can be changed to
audio input or audio output by changing the driver utility setting.
This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.
Installing the Motherboard
D: Back Surround
E: Center/Bass
F: Optical S/PDIF Out
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