ASRock Motherboard, Version 2.3 manual ASRock 8CHeSATAII I/O, Table for Audio Output Connection

1.6ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O

1	2
		3		6
			4		7
		5		8

	13	12	11		10	9
1	Parallel Port			8	Microphone (Pink)
2	RJ-45 Port			9	USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
3	Side Speaker (Gray)			10	eSATAIIPorts
4	Rear Speaker (Black)			11	COM Port
5	Central / Bass (Orange)			12 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
6	Line In (Light Blue)			13	PS/2 Mouse Port (Green)

*7 Front Speaker (Lime)

*If you use 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use.

TABLE for Audio Output Connection

Audio Output Channels	Front Speaker	Rear Speaker	Central / Bass	Side Speaker
	(No. 7)	(No. 4)	(No. 5)	(No. 3)
2	V	--	--	--
4	V	V	--	--
6	V	V	V	--
8	V	V	V	V

*To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find “Mixer” tool on your system.

Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click

“ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio.

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