Introduction
I/O Shield Connector
The board is equipped with an I/O back panel (Figure 3). Ensure that your computer
case has the appropriate I/O cutout.
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Parallel Port | (Optional) | |
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Mouse |
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Keyboard |
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COM1 | USB2.0 USB2.0 |
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Figure 3: I/O ports
Power-On/Off (Remote)
The board has
The board has been designed with “Soft Off" function. You can turn off the system two ways: pressing the front panel power On/Off button, using the "Soft Off" function (incorporated in the mainboard’s onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by an operating system such as Windows®XP/ME/2000/98/95.
Note: For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is strongly recommend to use power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=) 2A. Please check the 5VSB’s specification that has been printed on the power supply’s outer case.
Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate. Your system configuration (amount of memory,
12V
POWER SUPPLY
Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button
Figure 4: Simple ATX power ON/OFF controller
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