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5) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 (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 2
SATA3
1 3 4
1
1
6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker, chassis intrusion switch/sensor 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.
20
19
SPEAK-
Speaker
SPEAK+
PW-
Power Switch
PW+
PLED-
Power LED
PLED+
2
1
• 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).
• 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.
• 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.
• CI (Chassis Intrusion Header):
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.
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.
DEBUG
DEBUG
PORT
PORT
1
Pin No. Definition
DEBUG
DEBUG
PORT
PORT
1
7
SATA3
2
3
4
5
6
6
7
SATA3
5
7
7
7
• PLED/PWR_LED (Power LED):
PWR_LED-
PWR_LED-
Power LED
PWR_LED+
CI+
Chassis Intrusion
CI-
Header
RES+
Reset
system is operating. The LED is off when the
RES-
Switch
HD-
system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5).
Hard Drive
HD+
Activity LED
- 15 -
DEBUG
PORT
GND
TXP
TXN
GND
RXN
RXP
GND
• 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.
Connects to the power
System Status LED
status indicator on the
S0
On
chassis front panel. The
S3/S4/S5
Off
LED is on when the
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