2.26 – Connecting External Devices
Connecting external devices to the motherboard is an easy task. The standard devices you should expect to plug into the motherboard are keyboards, mice, and printer cables. The following diagram will detail the ATX port stack for the following board.
PS/2
Mouse
/Keyboard OPMA Port
VGA Port |
| Serial Port |
| GbE LAN Port x 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
USB Port x 2
Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports bug software may be required to complete the installation.
LAN LED Color Definition
The onboard Ethernet port has green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status. The chart below illustrates the different LED states.
Description
Left LED
Right LED
Le ft | Righ t | No Link | OFF | OFF |
Link 10Mbps | Green | OFF | ||
|
| Activity 10Mbps | Green(blink) | Green |
|
| Linked at 100Mbps | Green | Green |
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| Activity 100Mbps | Green(blink) | Green(blink) |
|
| Linked at 1000Mbps | OFF | Green |
|
| Activity 1000Mbps | OFF | Green(blink) |
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