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Before Continuing onto section 2.15, make sure everything is properly connected. Things like
jumpers and case wiring are the most common causes of troubleshooting frustrations, both for the
end-user and for any company doing technical support.
2.12 – Connecting External Devices
Connecting external devices to the motherboard is an easy task. The standard devices you should
expect to plug into the motherboard are keyboards, mice, and printer cables. The following
diagram will detail the ATX port stack for the following board:
S2095 Trinity i845DDR
At times, the PS/2 ports for keyboard and mice may be mixed up. Simply remember that the port
that is closest to the motherboard belongs to the keyboard and the one on top belongs to the
mouse.
Besides being used primarily to connect printers, the Printer Port is also used for devices such as
Zip drive, some external CD-RW drives and or other external devices. More on the uncommon
side these days are the Serial Ports. They were primarily used to connect external modems, but
most modems today are using USB or are installed internally.
TIP: While the ports have been created to accept connectors in only one direction, make sure to
be careful when inserting connectors. At times, attaching connectors in the incorrect ori e ntation
can damage, bend and or break the pins.
2.13 – Installing the Power Supply.
There is one power connector on your Trinity i845DDR. By default, the Trinity i845DDR only
requires that you have a standard ATX 2.03 power supply unlike other Pentium 4 boards that
require the small 4-pin square connector as well as the standard 20-pin ATX connector.
Simply connect the ATX power cable from your power supply into the corresponding connector on
the motherboard.
The S2095 requires an ATX 2.01 power supply with 30A on the +5V rail at the minimum.
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