Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup

Reset Button

The reset button (from the computer chassis) connects to pins 3 and 4 of JF1. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Power Fail LED

The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1. Re- fer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

Reset Button

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

3Reset

4Ground

PWR Fail LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

5Vcc

6Ground

Overheat/Fan Fail

Connect an LED to pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to indicate fan fail and provide advanced warning of chassis over- heating. Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

NIC2 (LAN2) LED

OH/Fan Fail LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

7Vcc

8Ground

OH/Fan Fail Indicator

Status

State Definition

Off

Normal

On

Overheat

Flashing

Fan Fail

 

 

The LED connections for LAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF1. Attach an LED cable to display network activity. See the table on the right for pin defini- tions. (LAN2 on 5015A-H only.)

NIC1 (LAN1) LED

The LED connections for LAN1 are on pins 11 and 12 of JF1. Attach an LED cable to display network activ- ity. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

HDD LED

The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1. Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity (for any hard drive activ- ity on the system, including SATA and IDE).

NIC2 LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

9Vcc

10Ground

NIC1 LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

11Vcc

12Ground

HDD LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

13+3.3V

14HD Active

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SUPER MICRO Computer 5015A-EHF-D525 user manual Reset Button, Power Fail LED, Overheat/Fan Fail

5015A-EHF-D525 specifications

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