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Audio 2, 4, or 6-channel conﬁ guration

Port Headset 2-channel 4-channel 6-channel

Light Blue Line In Line In Line In

Lime Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out

Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In

Orange – – Center/Subwoofer

Black – Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out

Gray – – –

Refer to the audio conﬁ guration table below for the function of the audio ports in a 2, 4, or

6-channel conﬁ guration.

Activity/Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

OFF No link OFF 10Mbps connection

ORANGE Linked ORANGE 100Mbps connection

BLINKING Data activity GREEN 1Gbps connection

LAN port

SPEED

LED

ACT/LINK

LED

• DO NOT connect a keyboard / mouse to any USB 3.0 port when installing Windows

operating system.

• Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under Windows

OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation.

• USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only.

• We strongly recommend that you connect USB 3.0 devices to USB 3.0 ports for faster

and better performance for your USB 3.0 devices.

10. Microphone port (pink). This port connects to a microphone.

11. Line Out port (lime). This port connects to a headphone or speaker. In a 4, 6, or

8-channel conﬁ guration, the function of this port becomes Front Speaker Out.

12. Line In port (light blue). This port connects to a tape, CD, DVD player, or other audio

sources.

8. USB 2.0 ports. These Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) ports connect to USB 2.0

devices such as a mouse, printer, scanner, camera, PDA, and others.

9. USB 3.0 ports. These Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) ports connect to USB 3.0

devices such as a mouse, printer, scanner, camera, PDA, and others.

13. Expansion slot brackets. Remove the expansion slot bracket when installing an

expansion card.

14. ASUS Graphics Card (on selected models only). The display output ports on this

optional ASUS Graphics Card may vary with different models.

15. LAN (RJ-45) port. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN)

through a network hub.

LAN port LED indications