ASRock A55M-VS manual CPU Fan Connectors, Pwrbtn Power Switch

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

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PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may con- figure the way to turn off your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to per- form a normal restart.

PLED (System Power LED):

Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys-tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5).

HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED):

Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The

LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly.

Chassis Speaker Header	Please connect the chassis
(4-pin SPEAKER 1)	speaker to this header.
(see p.11 No. 9)
Chassis and Power Fan Connectors	Please connect the fan cables
(4-pin CHA_FAN1)	to the fan connectors and
(see p.11 No. 8)	match the black wire to the
	ground pin.
(3-pin PWR_FAN1)
(see p.11 No. 2)

CPU Fan Connectors 4 3 2 1

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)
(see p.11 No. 3)	GND
	+12V
	CPU_FAN_SPEED
	FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

Please connect the CPU fan cable to the connector and match the black wire to the ground pin.