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III. H/W SETUP Connectors III. HARDWARE SETUP 5. External Connectors WARNING! Some pins are used for connectors or power sources. These are clearly separated from jumpers in "Motherboard Layout." Placing jumper caps over these will cause damage to your motherboard. IMPORTANT: Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector. The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and some floppy drives. IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18 inches (46 cm), with the second drive connector no more than 6 inches (15 cm) from the first connector. 1. PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin PS2KBMS) The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse if one is detected. If not detected, expansion cards can use IRQ12. See "PS/2 Mouse Control" in BIOS Features Setup of BIOS SETUP. PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female) 2. PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin PS2KBMS) This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS/2 plug (mini DIN). This connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) keyboard plugs. You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards. PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female) 22 ASUS MEZ-VM User's Manual

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ASUS MEZ-VM User’s Manual
III. HARDWARE SETUP
Connectors
III.
H/W SETUP
5.
External Connectors
WARNING!
Some pins are used for connectors or power sources. These are
clearly separated from jumpers in “Motherboard Layout.” Placing jumper caps
over these will cause damage to your motherboard.
IMPORTANT:
Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the
Pin 1 side of the connector. The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the
motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and some
floppy drives. IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18 inches (46 cm), with the second
drive connector no more than 6 inches (15 cm) from the first connector.
1.
PS/2 Mouse Connector
(6-pin PS2KBMS)
The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse if one is detected.
If not de-
tected, expansion cards can use IRQ12. See “PS/2 Mouse Control” in
BIOS
Features Setup
of BIOS SETUP.
PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female)
2.
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
(6-pin PS2KBMS)
This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS/2 plug (mini DIN).
This
connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) keyboard plugs.
You
may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards.
PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female)