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5) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 (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
71
7
7
1
SATA3
•
least two hard drives. If more than two hard
drives are to be used, the total number of hard
drives must be an even number.
•
•
drives.
6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
Connect the power switch, reset switch, 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
• HD
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
Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset
a normal restart.
• NC:
No connection.
• PLED
System Status LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
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 sys-
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 and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header,
make sure the wire assignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.
1
2
9
10
NC
PLED-
PW-
PLED+
PW+
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
Power/
Sleep LED
Power Switch
Hard Drive
Activity LED
Reset Switch
6
SATA3
0
SATA3
1
SATA3
1
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