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12)PWR_LED

The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode.

 

Pin No.

Definition

1

1

MPD+

2

MPD-

 

 

3

MPD-

13) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper)

Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below.

 

 

 

 

Speaker Connector

Message LED/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power/

 

Power

 

 

 

 

Sleep LED

 

Switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSG+ MSG- PW+ PW-

SPEAK+

SPEAK-

 

2

 

20

 

1

 

19

 

HD+ HD- RES- RES+ NC

 

 

 

Reset Switch

 

 

IDE Hard Disk Active LED

HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED)

Pin 1: LED anode(+)

 

 

(Blue)

Pin 2: LED cathode(-)

 

 

SPEAK (Speaker Connector)

Pin 1: Power

 

 

(Amber)

Pin 2- Pin 3: NC

 

 

 

Pin 4: Data(-)

 

 

RES (Reset Switch)

Open: Normal

 

 

(Green)

Close: Reset Hardware System

 

 

PW (Power Switch)

Open: Normal

 

 

(Red)

Close: Power On/Off

 

 

MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED)

Pin 1: LED anode(+)

 

 

(Yellow)

Pin 2: LED cathode(-)

 

 

NC ( Purple)

NC

 

 

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Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5, GA-M59SLI-S4 user manual Pwrled, Fpanel Front Panel Jumper

GA-M59SLI-S4, GA-M59SLI-S5 specifications

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