Chapter 2: Installation

NMI Button

The non-maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1. Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

Speaker Connector

The speaker connector is located on J18. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

IR Connector

The infrared connector is located on J16. See the table on the right for pin definitions. See the Tech- nical Support section of our web page for information on the infra- red devices you can connect to the system.

NMI Button Pin

Definitions (JF1)

Pin

Number Definition

19Ground

20Control

Sp eaker: P in D efinition

 

F u cn tion

Pin D efinition

 

 

Pins 1, 4

E xternal Speaker

 

Pins 3, 4

Internal Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

Infrared Pin

Definitions

(J16)

Pin

Number Definition

1+5V

2CIRRX

3IRRX

4Ground

5IRTX

6NC

A. NMI Button

B. Speaker Connector

C. IR Connector

 

 

KB/Mouse

JPWAKE

 

24-pin ATX PWR Conn

 

PWR LED

 

 

1na FHC /UP

 

 

 

 

COM2

 

PWR Force On

 

 

 

+12V 4-pin PWR Conn.

 

 

JPUSB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 1/2

 

WOR

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch Dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

PWR Froce On

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82547

 

 

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN CTLR

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed

 

 

 

478 PGA

 

 

 

 

COM 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

 

 

MCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e

 

 

(North Bridge)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OH FAN/CH Fan5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLAN 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK0

 

DIMM 0A (Blue)

 

 

 

 

CTR

GLAN 2

 

 

DIMM 0B (Black)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK1

 

DIMM 1A (Blue)

 

 

 

JF1

PANEL

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 1B (Black)

 

 

 

/P4SCT+II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel's SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGP Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel's SATA2

 

GLAN CTLR

 

 

 

PCI 1-X

 

 

 

Hance

IR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

82541

 

Standby LED

 

 

 

Rapids

FAN2

C

P4SCT/P4SCT

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI-X 2

 

 

 

 

 

CHS

 

LAN2 Enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS FAN3

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOL

 

 

 

 

CLR CMOS

SATA3/7SATA4/8

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI -X 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMBus

 

M-SATA1-2 Enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 1

 

 

 

BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

Marvell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2/6

SATA)

 

RAGE-XL

 

 

 

 

SATA CTLR

FLOPPY

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker

BATTERY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 3/4

 

 

 

 

®

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 2

B

I-SATA LED

IDE2

IDE1

SATA1/5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS FAN4(Marvall's

S

 

 

 

 

VGA Enable

Keylock Speaker

M- SATA LED

 

 

Ch. Intru.

 

20

19

Ground

 

X

 

Power On LED

IDE LED

LAN1 LED LAN2 LED

Overheat LED

X

Ground

Ground

2 1

NMI A

X

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

X

Reset Reset Button

Pwr Power Button

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SUPER MICRO Computer P4SCT+II user manual NMI Button Speaker Connector IR Connector

P4SCT+, P4SCT, P4SCT+II specifications

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