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Iii. hardware setup – Asus P2B-F User Manual

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III. HARDWARE SETUP

DMA Channels

III. H/W SETUP

Connectors

III. H/W SETUP

3. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female)

You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel
Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SETUP. NOTE: Serial printers
must be connected to the serial port.

Parallel (Printer) Port (25-pin Female)

4. Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors (Two 9-pin male)

The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices. See
“Onboard Serial Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SETUP.

COM 1

COM 2

Serial Ports (9-pin Male)

5. Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)

This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable. After con-
necting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the
floppy drives. (Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta-
tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged).

R

P2B-F Floppy Disk Drive Connector

NOTE: Orient the red stripe to Pin 1

Floppy Drive Connector

Pin 1