Port & Controller Connections - Elitegroup Computer Systems P5TX-AR User Manual

P5TX-AR User's Manual
1: Package & Product Information – 1.8
Port & Controller Connections
There are several ports and connectors on the mainboard. Some
are external ports and others are internal connectors that connect
to other parts of the computer or internal options.
External Ports
This mainboard has several external ports and connectors in-
cluding the COM2 serial port, a Parallel port, a VGA display con-
nector, a Game port for connecting a Joystick, PS/2-type key-
board and mouse ports and several audio ports. The audio ports
include Mic, Line-In and Line-Out connectors for the onboard
sound card. These external ports are all accessible at the rear of
the computer when the mainboard is installed.
Internal Connectors
There are also several connectors built onto the mainboard,
including connectors for four Enhanced IDE devices in two chan-
nels, two floppy disk drives, the COM2 serial port and the TV
Out option. There are also connectors for a CPU cooling fan,
chassis intrusion alert cable and modem ring wake-up cable.
Details about these connectors are in Section 4: Reference In-
formation.