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GAMING Z170X
PANEL1: Front Panel Header
This 16-pin header includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, and speaker connection.
Pin Assignment Function
Pin Assignment
Function
1
+5V
Speaker
Connector
9
N/A
N/A
2
N/A
10 N/A
3
N/A
11 N/A
N/A
4
Speaker
12 Power LED (+)
Power LED
5
HDD LED (+) Hard drive
LED
13 Power LED (+)
6
HDD LED (-)
14 Power LED (-)
7
Ground
Reset
button
15 Power button Power-on
button
8
Reset control
16 Ground
GAMING_PANEL: Gaming Control Panel Header
This 16-pin header allows user to connect gaming control panel.
Pin Assignment
Pin
Assignment
1
N/A
2
TEMP_HIGH_P
3
CIRRX_8051
4
TEMP_MIDDLE_P
5
SMB_CLK_RESUME
6
TEMP_LOW_P
7
SMB_DATA_RESUM 8
CPU_CHECK_P
9
AUDIO_GAIN1
10
DDR_CHECK_P
11
GND
12
VGA_CHECK_P
13
VCC3_3
14
VCC5
15
VCC12-
16
VCC12
SATA_Express_1/2: SATA Express Connector
Each SATA Express connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA devices.
Pin
Assignment Pin Assignment
S1/S8
Ground
P1
Reserved
S2/S9
TX+
P2
PERST#
S3/S10 TX-
P3
CLKREQ#/DEVSLP
S4/S11 Ground
P4
IFDet
S5/S12 RX-
S6/S13 RX+
S7/S14 Ground
Note
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When using SSD module on PCIE-M2_1 slot, the SATA_EXPRESS_1 lower layer connector (SATA3_1L/
SATA3_2L) will be disabled.
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When using SSD module on PCIE-M2_2 slot, the SATA_EXPRESS_2 connector will be disabled.
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Page 68: ...22 UEFI BIOS 7 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS BIOS Save...
Page 70: ...24 UEFI BIOS 6 CPU CPU CPU TOVERCLOCKER Live Update...
Page 72: ...26 UEFI BIOS eHot Line eHot Line Send Send Do Not Send Save As...
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