Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 User Manual page 14

5) SATA3 0/1/2/3 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The AMD A88X Chipset supports
0 1
SATA3
1
are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
to the pin assignments below. Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.
Power LED Power Switch
10
2
1 9
Reset
Switch
Pin No.
1
1
2
3
4
2
SATA3
3
5
6
7
7
7
PLED (Power LED):
LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
PW (Power Switch):
HD (Hard Drive Activity LED):
LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.
RES (Reset Switch):
Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset
switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform
a normal restart.
NC
No connection.
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GND
TXP
TXN
GND
RXN
RXP
GND
Connects to the power status indicator on the
chassis front panel. The LED is on when the