Installation Notices for the M.2 and SATA Connectors:
The availability of the SATA connectors may be affected by the type of device installed in the M.2 connector.
Refertothefollowingtablesfordetails.
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 SATA3 4 SATA3 5
M.2SATASSD
a
r
a a a a
M.2PCIeSSD
a a a a a a
NoM.2SSDInstalled
a a a a a a
a: Available, r:Notavailable
Connector
Type of
M.2SSD
The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power
switch,resetswitch,powerLED,harddriveactivityLED,speakerandetc.Whenconnecting
your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin
assignments are matched correctly.
9) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)
Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker, chassis intrusion switch/sensor and system status
indicatoronthechassistothisheaderaccordingtothepinassignmentsbelow.Notethepositiveand
negative pins before connecting the cables.
System Status LED
S0 On
S3/S4/S5 Off
• PW (PowerSwitch,Red):
Connects to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may
congure thewaytoturnoffyoursystemusingthepowerswitch
(refer to Chapter 2,"BIOS Setup," "Settings\PlatformPower," 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.
• PLED/PWR_LED (PowerLED,Yellow/Purple):
Connects to the power status indicator
onthechassisfrontpanel.TheLEDison
whenthesystemisoperating.TheLEDis
off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state
or powered off (S5).
• HD (HardDriveActivityLED,Blue):
ConnectstotheharddriveactivityLEDonthechassisfrontpanel.TheLEDisonwhentheharddrive
is reading or writing data.
• RES (ResetSwitch,Green):
Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the computer
ifthecomputerfreezesandfailstoperformanormalrestart.
• 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):Noconnection.
PowerLED
1
2
19
20
CI-
CI+
PWR_LED-
PWR_LED+
PLED-
PW-
SPEAK+
SPEAK-
PLED+
PW+
PowerLED
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
HardDrive
ActivityLED
Reset
Switch
Chassis
Intrusion Header
Power Switch
Speaker
PWR_LED-
NC
NC
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