Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 2.0) [10/40] 6 back panel connectors

1-5 Installing an Expansion Card

Readthefollowingguidelinesbeforeyoubegintoinstallanexpansioncard:

• Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual that came

with your expansion card.

• Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an

expansion card to prevent hardware damage.

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andsupportsamaximumresolutionof1920x1200@60Hz

(theactualresolutionssupporteddependonthemonitorbeingused).Connectamonitorthatsupports

D-Subconnectiontothisport.

DVI-D Port

(Note)

TheDVI-DportconformstotheDVI-Dspecicationandsupportsamaximumresolutionof1920x1200@60Hz

(theactualresolutionssupporteddependonthemonitorbeingused).Connectamonitorthatsupports

DVI-Dconnectiontothisport.

HDMI Port

TheHDMIportisHDCPcompliantandsupportsDolbyTrueHDandDTSHD

MasterAudioformats.Italsosupportsupto192KHz/24bit7.1-channelLPCM

audiooutput.YoucanusethisporttoconnectyourHDMI-supportedmonitor.Themaximumsupported

resolutionis 4096x2160@24Hz, butthe actualresolutions supportedare dependenton themonitor

being used.

AfterinstallingtheHDMIdevice,makesuretosetthedefaultsoundplaybackdevicetoHDMI.(The

itemnamemaydifferdependingonyouroperatingsystem.)

(Note) TheDVI-DportdoesnotsupportD-Subconnectionbyadapter.

DualChannelMemoryConguration

ThismotherboardprovidestwomemorysocketsandsupportsDualChannelTechnology.Afterthememory

isinstalled,theBIOSwillautomaticallydetectthespecicationsandcapacityofthememory.EnablingDual

Channel memory mode will double the original memory bandwidth.

ThetwoDDR4memorysocketsaredividedintotwochannelsandeachchannelhasonememorysocketas

following:

ChannelA:DDR4_2

ChannelB:DDR4_1

DuetoCPUlimitations,readthefollowingguidelinesbeforeinstallingthememoryinDualChannelmode.

1. DualChannelmodecannotbeenabledifonlyonememorymoduleisinstalled.

2. WhenenablingDualChannelmodewithtwomemorymodules,itisrecommendedthatmemoryof

the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used.

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