15.HDMI Out port. This port is for a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connector.

• This motherboard comes with dual-VGA outputs that features different displays on 2 monitors at the same time if you connect 2 monitors to both the onboard VGA and HDMI ports.

•Playback of HD DVD and Blu-Ray Discs

The speed and bandwidth of the CPU/Memory, DVD player, and drivers will affect the playback quality. Following is a configuration example for your reference. Using the CPU/Memory of higher speed and bandwidth with the higher-version DVD player and drivers will upgrade the playback quality.

CPU: AMD Athlon64 ADH3200IAA4DE/512KB (single core)

DIMM: Kingston DDR2-800 1G x1 (BIOS share memory: 256MB)

HDD: Seagate ST3160023A (ATA100)

ODD: Sony BWU100A

•To play HD DVD or Blu-Ray Disc, make sure to use an HDCP compliant monitor.

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17.USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.

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