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5) SATA3 0/1/2/3 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The AMD A88X Chipset supports
Pin No.
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
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0 1
SATA3
7
1
SATA3
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are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
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6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
to the pin assignments below. Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.
• PW (Power Switch):
• HD (Hard Drive Activity LED):
LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.
• RES (Reset Switch):
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.
• NC
No connection.
• PLED (Power LED):
LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
Connects to the power status indicator on the
chassis front panel. The LED is on when the
10
9
2
1
RES-
PLED-
NC
Reset
Switch
Power LED Power Switch