Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-UP4 - Front Panel Header (F_PANEL) Description

Hardware Installation
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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.
• 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).
• 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.
• MSG/PWR (Message/Power/Sleep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).
System Status LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
Power LED
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
1
2
19
20
CI-
CI+
PWR-
PWR+
MSG- PW- SPEAK+ SPEAK-
MSG+ PW+
Message/Power/
Sleep LED
Speaker
Power
Switch
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
Hard Drive
Activity LED
Reset
Switch
Chassis Intrusion
Header