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Installing the Motherboard
Hard Drive Activity LED
Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides visual indication that data
is being read from or written to the hard drive. For the LED to function properly, an IDE
drive should be connected to the onboard IDE interface. The LED will also show activity
for devices connected to the SCSI (hard drive activity LED) connector.
Power/Sleep/Message waiting LED
Connecting pins 2 and 4 to a single or dual-color, front panel mounted LED provides power
on/off, sleep, and message waiting indication.
ATX2: ATX 12V Power Connector
Front Panel Connector
The front panel connector (PANEL1) provides a standard set of switch and LED connec-
tors commonly found on ATX or micro-ATX cases. Refer to the table below for informa-
tion:
Pin Signal Name Function
1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED+ 2 FP PWR/SLP *MSG LED+
3 HD_LED_N Hard disk LED-
5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch
7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch
9 RSVD Reserved
4 FP PWR/SLP *MSG LED-
6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch
8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch
10 Key No pin
* MSG LED (dual color or single color)
Pin Signal Name Function
Pin Signal Name
4 +12V
3 +12V
2 Ground
1 Ground
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