9.System panel connector (10-1 pin PANEL)

This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions.

F_PANEL

PWR LED

PWR BTN

PLED+ PLED- PWR GND

PIN 1

Ground HWRST# (NC)

_HDLED+ HD_LED-

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+HD_LED RESET

B85M-E System panel connector•System power LED (2-pin PWR_LED)

This 2-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector. The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode.

•Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HD_LED)

This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector. The HDD LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD.

•ATX power button/soft-off button (2-pin PWR_BTN) This connector is for the system power button.

•Reset button (2-pin RESET)

This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power.

10.Intel® B85 Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~2 [black])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical drives via Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.

SATA3G_1

SATA3G_2

B85M-E

 

GND RSATA TXP1 RSATA TXN1 GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND

GND RSATA TXP2 RSATA TXN2 GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND

B85M-E SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors

When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 2.6.3 SATA Configuration for details.

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