Hardware Installation

SY- P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2

GAMEPORT connector

VThis connector is to attach your gameport connector to. Gameports are used to connect for example joysticks to. For more details check the paragraph on page 30.

Serial Infrared (IrDA) device header

WThis header allows you to connect an IrDA receiver to the motherboard. You can find the lay-out in the 1. Standard Infrared (SIRCON) paragraph on page 30.

Smart Card Reader connector

This connector allows you to connect a smart card reader to the

XPC/SC, ISO 7816 compliant onboard smart card reader. The paragraph 3. Smart Card Reader on page 33 contains more information on the lay-out of this header.

32 bit PCI slots

YThese are the motherboard's 3.3v busmastering PCI slots, compliant to PCI specification v2.2.

ITE IT8712F-A Super I/O Chip

The IT8712F-A is a Low Pin Count Interface-based highly integrated Super I/O. The IT8712F-A provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality plus the latest Environment

ZControl initiatives, such as H/W Monitor, Fan Speed Controller, ITE's 'SmartGuardian' function and Smart Card Reader Interface. The device's LPC interface complies with Intel 'LPC Interface Specification Rev. 1.0'. The IT8712F-A meets the 'Microsoft® PC98 & PC99 System Design Guide' requirements, and is ACPI & LANDesk compliant.

CD-IN connector

AAThis connector is to attach your analog audio output channel from your CDROM or DVD drive to your motherboard. Please check the 4. CD Line-in (CDIN1) paragraph on page 33 for more details.

 

AUX-IN connector

AB

This connector allows you to attach a second CDROM analog

audio out output to your mainboard. Please check the 5. AUX-IN

 

 

(AUXIN1) paragraph on page 34 for more details.

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AB Soft ATX 12V Gameport connector, Serial Infrared IrDA device header, Smart Card Reader connector, Bit PCI slots

ATX 12V specifications

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