Connecting I/O Devices - ECS NFORCE6M-A Manual

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Connecting I/O Devices

The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
PS2 Mouse
PS2 Keyboard
ESATA Port
(Optional)
Serial Port
(COM1)
LAN Port
(Optional)
USB Ports
Audio Ports
(Optional)
This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.
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 this port to connect to an external SATA box or a Serial ATA
.
portmultiplier
Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or
fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the system as COM1/3.
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 ports to connect audio devices. The first jack
is for stereo line-in signal. The second jack is for stereo line-out
signal. The third jack is for microphone.
This motherboard may adopt 8-channel audio ports that corre-
spond to the A,B, C, and E port respectively. In addition, 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.
Installing the Motherboard