Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V User Manual page 14

5) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (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.
6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker, 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.
F_
• HD (Hard Drive Activity LED):
B S S
• RES (Reset Switch):
1
_S
• CI (Chassis Intrusion Header):
S
• NC:
1 2 3
7 7
5 4
SATA3 3 2
1 0
1 1
To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals\SATA
And RST Configuration," for more information.
Power LED
Power Switch Speaker
2 20
1 19
Hard Drive Reset
Power LED
Activity LED Switch
Chassis Intrusion
Header
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.
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.
Connects to the chassis intrusion switch/sensor on the chassis that can detect if the chassis cover has
been removed. This function requires a chassis with a chassis intrusion switch/sensor.
No Connection.
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, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this
header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.
Pin No. Definition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
• PLED/PWR_LED (Power LED):
Connects to the power status indicator
System Status LED
on the chassis front panel. The LED is on
S0 On
when the system is operating. The LED is
S3/S4/S5 Off
off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state
or powered off (S5).
• PW (Power Switch):
F_
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," for more information).
• SPEAK (Speaker):
Connects to the speaker on the chassis front panel. The system
reports system startup status by issuing a beep code. One single
short beep will be heard if no problem is detected at system startup.
_
B
S B_
B
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S_
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B
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PORT PORT
S S
B S_
B
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