Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup

Speaker Jumper

The speaker jumper is located on J18 and allows you to choose be- tween using the internal or exter- nal speakers. For the internal speaker, jump pins 3 and 4. To use an external speaker, place the speaker cable's header on all four pins See the table on the right.

System Power Force On

Jumper JP20 allows you to enable or disable the Force-Power-On function. If enabled, system power will always stay on automatically. If disabled, the user needs to press the power button to power on the system.

OH Fan Force Power On

Jumper JP3 allows you to enable or disable the Overheat (OH) Fan Force Power On function. If enabled, the OH Fan will always stay on automatically. If disabled, the fan only activates ac- cording to temperature conditions.

GLAN2 Enable/Disable

Change the setting of jumper JPL2 to enable or disable the Gigabit LAN2 port on the motherboard. See the table on the right for jumper settings. The default setting is enabled. (LAN1 is enabled/disabled via BIOS.)

Speaker

Jumper Settings (J18)

Pins

Definition

1 through 4

External Spkr

3 and 4

Internal Spkr

System Power Force On

Jumper Settings

(JP20)

Jumper

 

Position

Definition

Closed

Force On

Open

Disabled

OH Fan Force On

Jumper Settings

(JP3)

Jumper

 

Position

Definition

Closed

Force On

Open

Disabled

GLAN2

Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings

(JPL2)

Jumper

 

Position

Definition

Pins 1-2

Enabled

Pins 2-3

Disabled

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SUPER MICRO Computer 5013C-M8 Speaker Jumper, System Power Force On, OH Fan Force Power On, GLAN2 Enable/Disable

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