Connecting I/O Devices - ECS P45T-A User 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.
Serial Port
Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or
(COM)
fax/modems.
eSATA Port Use this port to connect to an external SATA box or a
Serial ATA port multiplier.
Before connecting the eSATA cable, make sure to turn off
the power of the external enclosure.
USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
LAN Port Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the network.
Use the audio jacks to connect audio devices. The D port is
Audio Ports
for stereo line-in signal, while the F port is for microphone
in signal. This motherboard supports 8-channel audio de-
vices that correspond to the A,B, C, and E port respec-
tively. In addition, all of the 3 ports, B, C, and E provide
users with both right & left channels individually. Users
please refer to the following note for specific port function
definition.
A: Center & Woofer
B: Back Surround
C: Side Surround
The above port definition can be changed to audio input or
audio output by changing the driver utility setting.
This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.
Installing the Motherboard
D: Line-in
E: Front Out
F: Mic_in Rear
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