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What' s In This
Chapter:
System Controls
Connecting
External
Peripherals
Installing Expan-
sion Cards
Upgrading System
Memory
Using The Motherboard
This chapter covers a few points on how some of
the motherboard features impact use of the com-
puter it is installed in. This includes using system
control features, connecting external peripherals,
installing expansion cards and upgrading system
memory.
System Controls
There are several system controls that either con-
nect to the motherboard from the front panel of
the system housing or work through the keyboard
or pointing device.
Front Panel Features
System housings vary in design, so a particular
system case may not support all the features on
the motherboard. Most housing do support the
majority of these features however. The location
and appearance of these features will vary ac-
cording to the housing design.
The Power Button
The power switch on an ATX case is likely to be a
power button that can do more than function as
an on/off switch. You can set how the power but-
ton works in the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. The
button can either function as instant on/off or as
suspend/off after 4 second delay. You can config-
ure the power button under the Soft-OFF by
PWR-BTTN line in the Power Management Setup
section of the CMOS Setup Utility.
The power button features also work when you
enable the Keyboard Power-On feature.
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