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20.SB-Link™ Connector (6-1 pin SBLINK)

If you have a Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card, you must link it to this connector. Otherwise, you will have compatibility issues under DOS environment.

P2-99B

P2-99B SB-Link™ Connector

NOTE: Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it.

PC/PCI Request

Sideband Signal

2

4

6

DGND

 

Serial IRQ

PC/PCI Grant

 

DGND

Sideband Signal

 

 

 

1 5

21.SMBus Connector (5-1 pin SMB)

This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices commu- nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus de- vices. The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an I2C bus, which is a multi-master bus, that is, multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.

 

 

 

SMBDATA

P2-99B

SMBCLK

Ground

+5V

P2-99B SMBus Connector

Connectors

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