2 internal connectors, 2 internal connectors -23, P8h61 series front panel audio connector – Asus P8H61/USB3 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

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

2.0/1.1 devices.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4 (P8H61 and P8H61 PLUS only). These two 4-pin Universal

Serial Bus (USB) ports are for USB 2.0/1.1 devices.

USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2 (P8H61/USB3 only). These two 9-pin Universal Serial Bus

(USB) ports connect to USB 3.0/2.0 devices.

• DO NOT connect a keyboard / mouse to any USB 3.0 port when installing Windows

operating system.

• Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under Windows

OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation.

• USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only.
• We strongly recommend that you connect USB 3.0 devices to USB 3.0 ports for faster

and better performance for your USB 3.0 devices.

Serial port. This 9-pin COM1 port is for pointing devices or other serial devices.

10. PS/2 Keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard.

1.10.2

Internal connectors

Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports

either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of the front panel

audio I/O module cable to this connector.

• We recommend that you connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this

connector to avail of the motherboard’s high-definition audio capability.

• If you want to connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this connector, set

the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS setup to [HD]. If you want to connect an AC'97

front panel audio module to this connector, set the item to [AC97]. By default, this

connector is set to [HD]. See section 2.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for details.

P8H61 Series

P8H61 Series Front panel audio connector

AAFP

PIN 1

SENSE2_RETUR

SENSE1_RETUR

PRESENCE#

GND

PORT2 L
SENSE_SEND
PORT2 R
PORT1 R
PORT1 L

HD-audio-compliant

pin definition

NC
NC

AGND

Line out_L
NC
Line out_R
MICPWR
MIC2

Legacy AC’97

compliant definition

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