• The plugged USB 3.0 device may run on xHCI mode or EHCI mode, depending on the operating system’s setting.

•USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only.

•We strongly recommend that you connect USB 3.0 devices to USB 3.0 ports for faster and better performance for your USB 3.0 devices.

•Due to the design of the Intel® 9 series chipset, all USB devices connected to the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports are controlled by the xHCI controller. Some legacy USB devices must update their firmware for better compatibility.

*Bluetooth and Wi-Fi module LED indications

Wi-Fi LED

 

Bluetooth LED

 

 

 

 

Status

Description

Status

Description

Off

No link

Off

No link

Green

Linked

Blue

Linked

 

 

Blinking

Data activity

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

LED

LED

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v4.0

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** LAN ports LED indications

Activity Link LED

 

Speed LED

 

 

 

 

 

Status

Description

Status

Description

Off

 

No link

Off

10 Mbps connection

Orange

 

Linked

Orange

100 Mbps connection

Orange (Blinking)

 

Data activity

Green

1 Gbps connection

Orange (Blinking

 

Ready to wake up

 

 

then steady)

 

from S5 mode

 

 

ACT/LINK SPEED

LED LED

LAN port

You can disable the LAN controllers in BIOS. Due to hardware design, the LAN1 port’s

LEDs may continue to blink even when disabled.

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