I/O Ports; Installing The Processor - ECS P4ITA2 Manual

I/O Ports

The backplane of the mainboard has a full set of I/O ports:
PS/2 Mouse
Parallel Port
PS/2 Keyboard
USB Ports
1. Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing de-
vice. Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2
keyboard.
2. Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
3. Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel com-
munications devices.
4. Use the COM ports to connect serial devices such as
mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the sys-
tem as COM1/3. COM2 is identified by the system as
COM2/4.
5. Use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI de-
vice.
6. Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices.
The left side jack is for a stereo line-out signal. The
middle jack is for a stereo line-in signal. The right side
jack is for a microphone.

Installing the Processor

This mainboard has a Socket 423 processor socket. When choosing a
processor, consider the performance requirements of the system. Per-
formance is based on the processor design, the clock speed and system
bus frequency of the processor, and the quantity of internal cache
memory and external cache memory.
COM2/4
Line Out Jack
LIne In Jack
Serial Port COM1/3
Game/MIDI Port
Microphone Jack
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