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6. USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 9-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports connect to

USB 3.0/2.0 devices.

• 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.

7. USB 2.0 ports 1 ~ 4. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are for USB

2.0/1.1 devices.

8. DVI-I port. This port is for any DVI-I compatible device and are HDCP compliant,

allowing playback of HD DVD, Blu-Ray and other protected content.

9. DVI-D port. This port is for any DVI-D compatible device. DVI-D can’t be converted to

output RGB Signal to CRT and isn’t compatible with DVI-I.

10. PS/2 Keyboard port. This port is for a PS/2 keyboard.

1.8.2 Internal connectors

1. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)

This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports

either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of the front panel

audio I/O module cable to this connector.

• We recommend that you connect a high-denition front panel audio module to this

connector to avail of the motherboard’s high-denition audio capability.

• If you want to connect a high-denition front panel audio module to this connector,

set the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS setup to [HD]. If you want to connect an

AC'97 front panel audio module to this connector, set the item to [AC97]. By default,

this connector is set to [HD]. See section 2.5.9 Onboard Devices Conguration for

details.

P8Q77-M2

P8Q77-M2 Front panel audio connector

AAFP

PIN 1

AGND

SENSE1_RETUR

SENSE2_RETUR

PORT1 L

PORT1 R

PORT2 R

SENSE_SEND

PORT2 L

HD-audio-compliant

pin definition

PIN 1

AGND

MIC2

MICPWR

Line out_R

Line out_L

Legacy AC’97

compliant definition