Asus P4P8X User Manual page 39

14. System panel connector (20-pin PANEL1)
This connector accommodates several system front panel functions.
P4P8X
P4P8X System Panel Connectors
• System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PLED)
This 3-1 pin connector connects to the system power LED. The LED lights up
when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep
mode.
• Hard disk activity LED (2-pin IDELED)
This 2-pin connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. The read
and write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary IDE
connector cause this LED to light up.
• System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pin SPEAKER)
This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker and allows you to
hear system beeps and warnings.
• System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pin SMI)
This 2-pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend
mode, or "green" mode, where system activity is instantly decreased to save
power and to expand the life of certain system components. Attach the case-
mounted suspend switch to this 2-pin connector.
• ATX Power Switch / Soft-Off Switch Lead (2-pin PWR)
This connector connects a switch that controls the system power. Pressing the
power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP, or ON and SOFT
OFF, depending on the BIOS or OS settings. Pressing the power switch while
in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF.
• Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET)
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting
the system without turning off the system power.
ASUS P4P8X motherboard user guide
Power LED
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IDE_LED
SMI Lead
Requires an ATX power supply.
*
Speaker
Connector
Reset SW
ATX Power
Switch*
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