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Chapter 2: Hardware information

10. Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD)

These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources

such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card.

M3

A

®

M3A Internal audio connector

CD

Right A

udio Channel

Left A

udio Channel

Ground

Ground

9. 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 SDIN0/1/2/3 Pin Config item in the BIOS setup to

[Azalia] (default). If you want to connect an AC’97 front panel audio module

to this connector, set this item to [AC97]. See section 4.4.3 Chipset for

details.

M3

A

®

M3A Analog front panel connector

AAFP

Legacy AC 97 audio

pin definition

HD Audio-compliant

pin definition

NC

MIC2

Line out_R

Line out_L

NC

NC

MICPWR

NC

AGND

SENSE2_RETUR

POR

T1 L

POR

T2 R

POR

T2 L

SENSE1_RETUR

SENSE_SEND

POR

T1 R

PRESENCE#

AGND