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Back Panel Connectors

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1-6 Back Panel Connectors * PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Port Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse and the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard. D-Sub Port The D-Sub port supports a 15-pin D-Sub connector. Connect a monitor that supports D-Sub connection to this port. DVI-D Port The DVI-D port supports DVI-D specifictation. Connect a monitor that supports DVI-D connection to this port. HDMI Port * The HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) provides an all-digital audio/video interface to transmit the uncompressed audio/video signals and is HDCP compliant. Connect the HDMI audio/ video device to this port. The HDMI Technology can support a maximum resolution of 1920x1080 but the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used. Please note the HDMI audio output only supports AC3, DTS and 2-channel-LPCM formats. (AC3 and DTS require the use of an external decoder for decoding.) In Windows XP, select Start>Control Panel>Sounds and Audio Devices>Audio, set the Default device for sound playback to HDMI Device. In Windows Vista, select Start>Control Panel> Sound, select Digital Output Device (HDMI) and then click Set Default. A. Dual Display Configurations: The GA-EG41M-S2H provides three display ports, DVI-D, HDMI, and D-Sub ports and supports dualdisplay configurations. Note that the DVI-D+HDMI configuration only works in operating system environments. In addition, under this configuration, the BIOS Setup and POST screens can only be output from the HDMI port. * Only for GA-EG41M-S2H. - 21 - Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation
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1-6
Back Panel Connectors
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Port
Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse and the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2
keyboard.
D-Sub Port
The D-Sub port supports a 15-pin D-Sub connector. Connect a monitor that supports D-Sub connection
to this port.
DVI-D Port
The DVI-D port supports DVI-D specifictation. Connect a monitor that supports DVI-D connection to
this port.
HDMI Port
*
The HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) provides an all-digital audio/video interface to
transmit the uncompressed audio/video signals and is HDCP compliant. Connect the HDMI audio/
video device to this port. The HDMI Technology can support a maximum resolution of 1920x1080
but the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used.
*
Please note the HDMI audio output only supports AC3, DTS and 2-channel-LPCM formats.
(AC3 and DTS require the use of an external decoder for decoding.)
In Windows XP, select Start>Control Panel>Sounds
and Audio Devices>Audio, set the Default device for
sound playback to
HDMI Device
.
In Windows Vista, select Start>Control Panel>
Sound, select
Digital Output Device (HDMI)
and
then click
Set Default
.
* Only for GA-EG41M-S2H.
A. Dual Display Configurations:
The GA-EG41M-S2H provides three display ports, DVI-D, HDMI, and D-Sub ports and supports dual-
display configurations. Note that the DVI-D+HDMI configuration only works in operating system
environments. In addition, under this configuration, the BIOS Setup and POST screens can only be
output from the HDMI port.