P6EX-A+ User’s Manual
2:
Using Your Mainboard – 2.1
2: Using Your Mainboard
This section covers the system control features and status in-
dicators that connect to the mainboard, some of the hardware
features and provides an overview of the software that comes
with or is built-into the mainboard.
System Controls
There are two topics in this section, a explanation of the hard-
ware controls and status indicators that connect from the main-
board to your system case and some information about the parts
of the CMOS Setup Utility that allow you customize some sys-
tem features.
Hardware Controls & Indicators
There are some control features and status indicators that con-
nect from the mainboard to your system case, which is some-
times called the ‘Enclosure’ or ‘Chassis.’ These are:
•
Power Switch
•
Power Status Indicator
•
Suspend Switch
•
Suspend Status Indicator
•
Reset Switch
•
Hard Disk Drive Activity Indicator
•
Keyboard Lock
All of these case features connect to the mainboard via con-
nector J16. Not all system cases have all of these features, so
your system may not have all of them. The functions and op-
tions for these are shown in the table on the next page.
In This Section:
System Controls
Hardware Features
The Retention Module
Firmware & Software
