Board Status Leds - Intel DZ68BC Product Manual

Intel Desktop Board DZ68BC Product Guide

Board Status LEDs

The Desktop Board includes thirteen LEDs that allow you to monitor the board's
progress through the BIOS Power-on Self-Test, Hard Drive activity, processor and
voltage regulator temperature, and certain error conditions. At initial power on, all the
LEDs are off. Figure 6 shows the location the LEDs and Table 5 briefly describes their
function.
Table 5. Board Status LEDs
Item/Callout
in Figure 6
A Hard Drive Activity
B Processor Hot
C Voltage Regulator Hot
D Watch Dog Timer Fire/
Back to BIOS
E Processor Initialization
F Memory Initialization
G Video Initialization
H USB Initialization
I Hard Drive Initialization
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LED
Activity Color
Blue
Red
Red
Red
Green
Green
Green
Green
Green
Description
This LED blinks on and off with hard
drive activity.
When lit, this LED indicates an elevated
temperature on the processor that
could affect performance.
When lit, this LED indicates an elevated
temperature in the processor voltage
regulator circuit that could affect
performance.
When the watch dog timer fires to reset
the board, this LED will flash.
In addition, this LED will light and stay
on when the Back to BIOS button has
been pressed.
This LED will flash when the processor
initialization activity starts. Then the
LED will stay on when processor
initialization is complete.
This LED will flash when the memory
initialization activity starts. Then the
LED will stay on when memory
initialization is complete.
This LED will flash when the video
initialization activity starts. Then the
LED will stay on when video
initialization is complete.
This LED will flash when the USB
initialization activity starts. Then the
LED will stay on when USB initialization
is complete.
This LED will flash when the hard drive
activity starts. Then the LED will stay
on when hard drive initialization is
complete.
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