Microsoft manual 22 PXP43 Motherboard User’s Guide, Front Panel Header

22PXP43 Motherboard User’s Guide

Front Panel Header

The front panel header (F_PANEL) provides a standard set of switch and LED headers commonly found on ATX or Micr ATX cases. Refer to the table below for informa- tion:

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 (-)	4		FP PWR/SLP	*MSG LED (-)
5	RST_SW_N	Reset Switch (-)	6		PWR_SW_P	Power Switch (+)
7	RST_SW_P	Reset Switch (+)	8	PWR_SW_N		Power Switch (-)
9	RSVD	Reserved	10		Key	No pin

*MSG LED (dual color or single color)

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.

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.

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 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.

This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.

Installing the Motherboard