Refer to the audio configuration table below for the function of the audio ports in 2, 4, 6 or 8-channel configuration.

Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration

Port

Headset

4-channel

6-channel

8-channel

 

2-channel

 

 

 

Light Blue

Line In

Line In

Line In

Line In

Lime

Line Out

Front Speaker Out

Front Speaker Out

Front Speaker Out

Pink

Mic In

Mic In

Mic In

Mic In

Orange

–

–

Center/Subwoofer

Center/Subwoofer

Black

–

Rear Speaker Out

Rear Speaker Out

Rear Speaker Out

Gray

–

–

–

Side Speaker Out

11.USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.

12.External SATA port. These port connect to an external a Serial ATA hard disk drive. To configure a RAID0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD set, connect external Serial ATA hard disk drives to the External SATA port.

•To use hot-plug, set the SATA Mode Select in the BIOS settings to [AHCI Mode]. See section 2.3.5 Storage Configuration for details.

•When the AHCI mode is turned on, SATA 1/2/3/5/6 and ESATA are all in

AHCI mode, and DOS cannot detect HDD in drivers installation.

13.DVI port. This port is for any DVI-D compatible device. DVI-D can’t be converted to output RGB Signal to CRT and isn’t compatible with DVI-I.

14.HDMI port. This port is for a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector, and is HDCP compliant allowing playback of HD DVD, Blu-Ray and other protected content.

• This motherboard comes with dual-VGA output. If you connect 2 monitors to both VGA and DVI-D / HDMI out ports, each controller can drive same or different display contents to different resolutions and refresh rates.

•Due to the chipset limitation, simultaneous output for DVI and HDMI is not supported.

•To play HD DVD or BLU-Ray Disc, ensure to use an HDCP compliant monitor.

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