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
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 3, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for
instructions on configuring a RAID array.
0 1
SATA3
1
• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard drives
are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives
does not have to be an even number.)
• A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives.
6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
Connect the power switch, reset switch, and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according
to the pin assignments below. Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.
Power LED Power Switch
2 10
1 9
Reset
Hard Drive
Switch
Activity LED
The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch,
reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel
module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.
DEBUG
DEBUG
PORT
PORT
Pin No. Definition
1
1
2
3
4
2
SATA3
3
5
6
7
7
7
• PLED (Power LED):
System Status LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
• PW (Power Switch):
Connects to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may configure
the way to turn off your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter
2, "BIOS Setup," "Power Management," for more information).
• HD (Hard Drive Activity LED):
Connects to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The
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
system is operating. The LED is off when the
system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered
off (S5).