Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming - Page 17

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.
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.
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congure the wayto turn offyour system using
thepowerswitch(refertoChapter2,"BIOSSetup,""Power
Management,"formoreinformation).
• PLED/PWR_LED (PowerLED,Yellow/Purple):
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).
• SPEAK (Speaker,Orange):
Connects to the speaker on the chassis front panel. The system reports system startup status by issuing 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.
• NC (Orange):NoConnection.
• ThefrontpanelaudioheadersupportsHDaudiobydefault.
• Audio signals will be present on both of the front and back panel audio connections simultaneously.
• Some chassis provide a front panel audio module that has separated connectors on each wire instead
of a single plug. For information about connecting the front panel audio module that has different
wire assignments, please contact the chassis manufacturer.
9) F_AUDIO (Front Panel Audio Header)
 ThefrontpanelaudioheadersupportsIntelHighDenitionaudio(HD)andAC'97audio.Youmayconnect
your chassis front panel audio module to this header. Make sure the wire assignments of the module
connector match the pin assignments of the motherboard header. Incorrect connection between the module
connector and the motherboard header will make the device unable to work or even damage it.
F_USB30
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S  _
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_F
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__B
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U
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9 1
10 2
ForHDFrontPanelAudio:
Pin No. Denition Pin No. Denition
1 MIC2_L 6 Sense
2 GND 7 FAUDIO_JD
3 MIC2_R 8 No Pin
4 -ACZ_DET 9 LINE2_L
5 LINE2_R 10 Sense
For AC'97 Front Panel Audio:
Pin No. Denition Pin No. Denition
1 MIC 6 NC
2 GND 7 NC
3 MIC Power 8 No Pin
4 NC 9 LineOut(L)
5 LineOut(R) 10 NC
PowerLED
DEBUG PORT
G.QBOFM
12
1920
CI-
CI+
PWR_LED-
PWR_LED+
PLED-
PW-
SPEAK+
SPEAK-
NC
NC
PLED+
PW+
Power
SpeedLED
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
HardDrive
ActivityLED
Reset
Switch
Chassis Intrusion
Header
Power
Switch
Speaker
PWR_LED-
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