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ASUS MEL-B User’s Manual

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III. HARDWARE SETUP

20. SB-Link™ Connector (6-1 pin SBLINK)

If you have a Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card, you must link it to this
connector. Otherwise, you will have compatibility issues under DOS environment.

MEL-B SB-Link™ Connector

NOTE: Pin 3 is removed to ensure the
correct orientation of the cable on it.

PC/PCI Grant

Sideband Signal

5

6

PC/PCI Request
Sideband Signal

1

DGND

2

DGND

Serial IRQ

4

21. SMBus Connector (5-1 pin SMB)

This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices. SMBus devices commu-
nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and/or other SMBus de-
vices. The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of
an I

2

C bus, which is a multi-master bus, that is, multiple chips can be connected

to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.

MEL-B SMBus Connector

+5V

Ground

SMBCLK

SMBDA

T

A

Connectors

III. H/W SETUP