MSI Q57M-E40 Series Manual page 28

Hardware Setup Hardware Setup
▶ IEEE 1394 Port
The IEEE1394 port on the back panel provdes connecton to IEEE1394 devces.
▶ eSATA Port
The eSATA (external SATA) port s for attachng the eSATA hard drve.
▶ Seral Port
The seral port s a 16550A hgh speed communcatons port that sends/ receves 16
bytes FIFOs. You can attach a seral mouse or other seral devces drectly to the con-
nector.
▶ Dsplay Port
Dsplay Port s a dgtal dsplay nterface standard. Ths connector s used to connect a
montor wth Dsplay Port nputs.
▶ VGA Port
The DB15-pn female connector s provded for montor.
Important
The VGA and Dsplay ports on the manboard are desgned to serve as IGP (Integrated
Graphcs Processor) used. If you nstalled a processor wthout ntegrated graphcs chp,
these dsplay ports wll have no effect.
▶ Audo Ports
These audo connectors are used for audo devces. It s easy to dfferentate between
audo effects accordng to the color of audo jacks.
■ Lne-In: Blue - Lne In, s used for external CD player, tape-player or other audo
devces.
■ Lne-Out: Green - Lne Out, s a connector for speakers or headphones.
■ Mc: Pnk - Mc, s a connector for mcrophones.
■ RS-Out: Black - Rear-Surround Out n 4/ 5.1/ 7.1 channel mode.
■ CS-Out: Orange - Center/ Subwoofer Out n 5.1/ 7.1 channel mode.
■ SS-Out: Gray - Sde-Surround Out n 7.1 channel mode.
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