Front Panel Header - Gigabyte GA-P75-D3 User Manual

8) 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.
MSG/PWR
(Message/Power/Sleep LED, Yellow/Purple):
•
System Status LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
PW
(Power Switch, Red):
•
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, Orange):
•
Connects to the speaker on the chassis front panel. The system reports system startup status by is-
suing a beep code. One single short beep will be heard if no problem is detected at system startup.
HD (Hard Drive Activity LED, Blue):
•
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, Green):
•
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, Gray):
•
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.
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Message/Power/
Sleep LED
Hard Drive
Activity LED
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).
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Power Switch Speaker
2 20
1 19
Reset Power LED
Switch
Chassis Intrusion
Header