2: Key Features & Components

Cooling Fan Connectors: The cooling fan power connectors all use the same 3-pin connector. The System Fan connectors are speed controlled, the CPU Fan connector is not.

Wake On LAN Connector: This connector is for an additional NIC. The optional onboard LAN port supports WOL without using this connector.

The system fans use the motherboard fan speed control, which consists of three states: Off, Normal speed, and High speed. In Normal speed mode, the system fans run at normal speed until the thermal sensor senses the temperature exceeds the High speed fan threshold tempera- ture. The system fans then run at High speed when the temperature threshold is exceeded. You can set the fan threshold temperature in the PC Health section of the CMOS Setup Utility. You can set the threshold to 40°C to force continuous operation of the system fans in high- speed mode in the S0 and S1 sleep states.

More Information: Please see the PC Health Status section of “Configuring the CMOS Setup Utility” in Chapter 5 for information.

Fan power connectors (orientation varies)

WOL: Wake On LAN Connector J75

Function: A connector for the lead from a Network Interface Card that supports the Wake On LAN feature.

Description: This feature enables the system to “wake up” from Suspend mode when it receives a signal over a LAN it is connected to. It works with the optional onboard LAN port and will also work with an additional PCI NIC that supports this feature by connecting the card to the WOL connector on the motherboard.

The motherboard supports Wake on LAN through the PCI bus PME# signal and the onboard Intel 82550 LAN controller. This signal will wake up the computer only when it is plugged into an AC power source and the system is in a supported sleep state.

More Information: Please see the Power Management Setup section of “Configuring the CMOS Setup Utility” in Chapter 5 for information.

Wake On LAN connector

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