INSTALLATION .III

Connectors

III. INSTALLATION

Power Requirement

It is important that your power supply exceeds the power consumption of all devices connected to your power supply especially when upgrading your processor. The following table shows the approximate power consumption of this motherboard with 64MB SDRAM using different processors running a Winstone98 demo, playing an audio CD, and playing a MIDI file simultaneously.

Processor+5V+12VTotal Power
Celeron4.5A0.36A26.82W
Klamath2337.8A

0.36A

43.32W
Klamath2668.7A

0.36A

47.82W
Klamath300

8.7A

0.36A

47.82W

Deschutes3335.1A

0.36A

29.82W
26.Serial Port COM 2 (COM2, 10-1 pins)

The optional serial port bracket can be used to add an additional serial port for additional serial devices. You may also purchase the optional TV-Out bracket which has both TV-Out connectors and a second serial port connector.

Pin 1

P2L-VM/P2E-VM Serial COM 2 Bracket

27.TV-Out (TV-CON, 6-1 pins)

The optional TV-Out bracket allows a standard television to be used to display images normally displayed on a computer VGA monitor. You must have the optional ImpacTV2 chip onboard at the time of purchase. A second serial port connector is also included on the same bracket.

Pin 1

P2L-VM/P2E-VM Serial COM 2 + TV-Out Bracket

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