What is JP2 on a board?
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I have recently gotten a PCI/ISA Motherboard Diagnoistic Card. The installation instructions are pretty straight forward. In any case, I noticed the kit came with a small chord, about the size of an internal pc audio cable, which has has two female connectors on each end. Additionally, I saw on the diagnoistic card, there are two male pins labeled JP2. I figure one end of the chord connects to these two connectors on the diagnoistic card and the other two connect to two male pins on the pc's motherboard. I did see two pins on the pc's motherboard, but, they were not labeled JP2. The instructions within the user's manual simply states the following: 1. Install the PC Analyzer Card in any available PCI or ISA expansion slot... 2. Power on the machine. It never talks about this chord or the JP2 connector on the card. Is it safe to assume this chord is not necessary in conducting a diagnoistic evaluation of a pc's motherboard?
Any ideas on this post will be appreciated.
Thank you
George
I have recently gotten a PCI/ISA Motherboard Diagnoistic Card. The installation instructions are pretty straight forward. In any case, I noticed the kit came with a small chord, about the size of an internal pc audio cable, which has has two female connectors on each end. Additionally, I saw on the diagnoistic card, there are two male pins labeled JP2. I figure one end of the chord connects to these two connectors on the diagnoistic card and the other two connect to two male pins on the pc's motherboard. I did see two pins on the pc's motherboard, but, they were not labeled JP2. The instructions within the user's manual simply states the following: 1. Install the PC Analyzer Card in any available PCI or ISA expansion slot... 2. Power on the machine. It never talks about this chord or the JP2 connector on the card. Is it safe to assume this chord is not necessary in conducting a diagnoistic evaluation of a pc's motherboard?
Any ideas on this post will be appreciated.
Thank you
George
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Hi Everyone:
A representative from Elston Systems got back with me regarding the cable and the two pins labeled JP2 on the card. In the old, old days, motherboards did not have an onboard speaker. So on the card is a connection to the onboard speaker to connect to one of those "old, old" motherboards to listen to beep codes if required. Therefore, the cable is for an external speaker to connect via the JP2 connector on the card.
On a sidenote, I sincerely appreciate the extra elaboration upon the significance of the indexing of JP2. Additionally, I appreciate some of the experts taking the time to explain the importance of jumper setting and what goes on behind the scenes when such actions are taken.
In closing, thanks so much everyone for sharing your insights. I learned much from this one as always.
George
A representative from Elston Systems got back with me regarding the cable and the two pins labeled JP2 on the card. In the old, old days, motherboards did not have an onboard speaker. So on the card is a connection to the onboard speaker to connect to one of those "old, old" motherboards to listen to beep codes if required. Therefore, the cable is for an external speaker to connect via the JP2 connector on the card.
On a sidenote, I sincerely appreciate the extra elaboration upon the significance of the indexing of JP2. Additionally, I appreciate some of the experts taking the time to explain the importance of jumper setting and what goes on behind the scenes when such actions are taken.
In closing, thanks so much everyone for sharing your insights. I learned much from this one as always.
George
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I can not seem to find much useful information about the model of the card, but, here is the link I purchased the card...http://shopv2.elstonsystems.com/product_info.php/products_id/30
Thanks
George