Front Panel Header - Gigabyte GA-F2A55-DS3 User Manual

5) SATA2 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard.
Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The AMD A55 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 4, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring
a RAID array.
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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.
Power LED
PORT PORT
DEBUG DEBUG
2
1
Hard Drive
Activity LED
• 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.
DEBUG
PORT
DEBUG
PORT
Pin No. Definition
0 3
1 4
SATA2
1
2 5
2
7
3
4
5
1
6
7
7
• PLED/PWR_LED (Power LED, Yellow/Purple):
Power Switch Speaker
System Status LED
S0
S3/S4/S5
20 • PW (Power Switch, Red):
19
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):
Reset
Connects to the speaker on the chassis front panel. The system reports
Power LED
Switch
system startup status by issuing a beep code. One single short beep
Chassis Intrusion
Header
will be heard if no problem is detected at system startup.
DEBUG
PORT
DEBUG
PORT
GND
TXP
TXN
GND
RXN
RXP
GND
Connects to the power status indicator
on the chassis front panel. The LED is on
On
when the system is operating. The LED is
Off
off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state
or powered off (S5).
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