Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H - SATA 6 Gb;S Connectors; F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)

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5) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (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 Intel
®
Q87 Chipset supports
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Refer to Chapter 3, "Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instruc-
tions on conguring a RAID array.
Pin No. Denition Pin No. Denition
1 GND 5 RXN
2 TXP 6 RXP
3 TXN 7 GND
4 GND
6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker, 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.
• PLED/PWR (Power LED, Yellow/Purple):
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
system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered
off (S5).
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.
SATA3
4 5
2 3
0 1
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
7
1
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
1
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
7
1
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 conguration requires at 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.
• A RAID 5 conguration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives does
not have to be an even number.)
• A RAID 10 conguration requires four hard drives.
Power LED
DEBUG PORT
G.QBOFM
1
2
19
20
CI-
CI+
PWR_LED-
PWR_LED+
PLED-
PW-
SPEAK+
SPEAK-
PLED+
PW+
Power LED
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
Hard Drive
Activity LED
Reset
Switch
Chassis Intru-
sion Header
Power Switch
Speaker
PWR_LED-