SY-5SSMQuick Start Guide

Step 4. Make Connections to the Motherboard

This section tells how to connect internal peripherals and power supply to the Motherboard.

Internal peripherals include IDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM), Floppy Disk Drive, Front Panel Devices (ACPI LED, Internal Speaker, Reset Button, IDE LED, and KeyLock Switch.), Wake-On-LAN card, and other devices.

For more details on how to connect internal and external peripherals to your new SY-5SSM Motherboard, please refer to SY-5SSM Motherboard User's Guide and Technical Reference online manual on CD-ROM.

Note: An ATA/66 cable (40-pin, 80-conductor cable) must be used to ensure proper operation of the Ultra ATA/66 hard drive.

Connectors and Plug-ins

 

IrDA (Infrared Device Header): IR1

 

 

 

Wake-On-LAN Header: JP44

Pin1

 

Pin2

 

Pin3

 

Pin4

Pin5

 

Pin1

Pin2

 

Pin3

VCC

 

None

 

IRRX

GND

IRTX

5VSB

GND

MP-Wakeup

 

CPU Cooling Fan: CPUFAN

 

 

 

Chassis Fan: CHAFAN

 

Pin1

 

 

Pin2

 

 

Pin3

 

 

Pin1

 

Pin2

 

 

Pin3

GND

 

 

12V

 

SENSOR

 

 

GND

 

12V

 

SENSOR

 

 

CD Line-in:CD IN1,CD IN2

 

 

 

Pin1

Pin2

Pin3

Pin4

Connect the CD Line-in cord from the CR-ROM

 

CD IN1

L

G

 

G

R

device to the matching connector CD IN1 or CD IN2.

CD IN2

G

L

 

G

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power LED Key Lock

 

Speaker

 

 

 

 

Power LED

 

Keylock

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

Pin1

Pin2

Pin3

Pin1

 

Pin2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5V

NC

GND

Control Pin

 

GND

1

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin1

Pin2

Pin3

 

 

Pin4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset PWRBT

ACPI LED HDD LED

 

5V

 

NC

NC

 

Speaker out

HDD LED

 

 

ACPI LED

 

 

PWRBT

 

RESET

Pin1

 

Pin2

 

 

Pin1

 

Pin2

 

 

Pin1

Pin2

 

Pin1

 

Pin2

LED Anode

LED

 

LED Anode

LED

 

Power

GND

 

Power

 

GND

Cathode

Cathode

 

On/Off

 

Good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATX Power On/Off: PWRBT

Connect your power switch to this header (momentary switch type).

To turn off the system, please press this switch and hold down for longer than 4 seconds.

ATX Power Supply: ATX PW

Attach the ATX Power cable to this connector. If you use ATX power supply.

When using the Power-On by PS/2 Keyboard function, please make sure the ATX power supply can take at least 720mA load on the 5V Standby lead (5VSB) to meet the standard ATX specifications.

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware

Installation

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SOYO SY-5SSM Motherboard quick start Connectors and Plug-ins, Make Connections to the Motherboard

SY-5SSM Motherboard, SY-5SSM specifications

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