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Supermicro C7C242-CB-M/MW Motherboard User’s Manual
Power Button
The Power Button connection is located
on pins 1 and 2 of JF1. Momentarily
contacting both pins will power on/off
the system. This button can also be con-
gured to function as a suspend button
(with a setting in the BIOS - see Chapter
4). To turn off the power in the suspend
mode, press the button for at least four
seconds. Refer to the table on the right
for pin denitions.
Power Button
Pin Definitions (JF1)
Pin# Denition
1 Power Button
2 Ground
Reset Button
The Reset Button connection is located
on pins 3 and 4 of JF1. Attach it to a
hardware reset switch on the computer
case to reset the system. Refer to the
table on the right for pin denitions.
Reset Button
Pin Definitions (JF1)
Pin# Denition
3 Reset Button
4 Ground
A. Reset Button
B. PWR Button
C. OH/Fan Fail LED
Power Button
ED (-)
1
NIC1 LED (-)
Reset Button
2
HDD LED (-)
POWER LED (-)
Reset
PWR
POWER LED (+)
Ground
Ground
X
X
HDD LED (+)
NIC1 LED (+)
Over heat/Fan Fail LED (+)
X
X
Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail
Connect an LED cable to OH/Fan Fail
connections on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to
provide warnings for chassis overheat/
fan failure. Refer to the table on the right
for pin denitions.
OH/Fan Fail LED
Pin Definitions (JF1)
Pin# Denition
7 Vcc
8 OH/Fan Fail LED
OH/Fan Fail Indicator
Status
State Denition
Off Normal
On Overheat
Flashing Fan Fail
A
B
C