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Installing the Motherboard
Power Switch
Supporting the power on/off function requires connecting pins 6 and 8 to a momen-
tary-contact switch that is normally open. The switch should maintain contact for at
least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off. The time requirement is
due to internal de-bounce circuitry. After receiving a power on/off signal, at least two
seconds elapses before the power supply recognizes another on/off signal.
Front Panel Header
The front panel header (F_PANEL) provides a standard set of switch and LED headers
commonly found on ATX or Micro ATX cases. Refer to the table below for informa-
tion:
Reset Switch
Supporting the reset function requires connecting pin 5 and 7 to a momentary-
contact switch that is normally open. When the switch is closed, the board resets and
runs POST.
Power/Sleep/Message waiting LED
Connecting pins 2 and 4 to a single or dual-color, front panel mounted LED provides
power on/off, sleep, and message waiting indication.
Hard Drive Activity LED
Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides visual indication that
data is being read from or written to the hard drive. For the LED to function properly,
an IDE drive should be connected to the onboard IDE interface. The LED will also
show activity for devices connected to the SCSI (hard drive activity LED) connector.
Pin
Signal
Function
Pin
Signal
Function
1
HD_LED_P Hard disk LED (+) 2
FP PWR/SLP *MSG LED (+)
3
HD_LED_N Hard disk LED (-)
5
RST_SW_N Reset Switch (-)
7
RST_SW_P
Reset Switch (+)
9
RSVD
Reserved
4
FP PWR/SLP *MSG LED (-)
6
PWR_SW_P Power Switch (+)
8
PWR_SW_N Power Switch (-)
10 Key
No pin
* MSG LED (dual color or single color)
This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.
