Connecting I/O Devices - ECS X58B-A Manual

Connecting I/O Devices

The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
PS2 Mouse
Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.
PS2 Keyboard Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
CLR_CMOS Button
Use the CLR_CMOS button to clear CMOS.
eSATA Ports Use these ports to connect to external SATA boxes or Serial
ATA port multipliers.
Before connecting the eSATA cables, make sure to turn off
the power of the external enclosure.
1394a Port Use the 1394a port to connect to any firewire device.
LAN Ports Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the Network.
USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Optical SPDIF
This jack connects to external optical digital audio output
Output devices.
Audio Ports Use the audio jacks to connect audio devices. The C port is
for stereo line-in signal, while the E port is for microphone
in signal. This motherboard supports audio devices that cor-
respond to the A, B, and D port respectively. In addition,
both of the 2 ports, B, and D provide users with both right &
left channels individually. Users please refer to the follow-
ing note for specific port function definition.
A: Center & Woofer
B: Back Surround
C: Line-in
The above port definition can be changed to audio input or
audio output by changing the driver utility setting.
Installing the Motherboard
D: Front Out
E: Mic_in Rear
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