Chapter 2: Installation

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports

The ATX PS/2 keyboard and the PS/2 mouse are located on J11. See the table on the right for pin definitions. (The mouse port is above the keyboard port. See the table on the right for pin defini- tions.

PS/2 Keyboard

and Mouse Port

Pin Definitions

(J11)

Pin

Number Definition

1Data

2NC

3Ground

4VCC

5Clock

6NC

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

There are two Universal Serial Bus Connectors (USB 1/2: J12/ J13) located on the I/O panel and additional two USB headers are located on the motherboard. These ports, labeled USB3/4, can be used to provide front side chassis access (cables not in- cluded). See the tables on the right (below) for pin definitions.

USB Pin Definition

USB 1/2 (J12/J13)

 

 

Pin#

Definition

 

 

 

 

1

 

+5V

 

 

 

 

2

 

P0-

 

 

 

 

3

 

P0+

 

 

 

 

4

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 3/4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin

 

 

 

 

Pin

 

Number

Definition

 

Number

Definition

1

 

+5V

 

 

2

 

+5V

3

 

PO-

 

 

4

 

PO-

5

PO+

 

 

6

 

PO+

7

Ground

 

 

8

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KB/Mouse

JPWAKE

O

24-pin ATX PWR Conn

PWR LED

 

 

1na FHCUP/

 

 

 

WOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COM2

 

 

PWR Force On

 

 

+12V 4-pin PWR Conn.

 

 

 

 

JPUSB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 1/2

 

B

 

 

 

 

Watch Dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

/

PWR Froce On

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82547

 

 

r

 

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN CTLR

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COM 1

 

 

Speed

 

 

 

478 PGA

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

 

 

 

MCH

 

 

 

A. Keyboard/Mouse

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e

 

 

 

(North Bridge)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. USB 1/2

 

 

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLAN 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. USB 3/4

 

 

 

OH FAN/CH Fan5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK0

 

DIMM 0A (Blue)

 

 

 

 

CTR

GLAN 2

 

 

DIMM 0B (Black)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JF1

 

 

 

 

BANK1

 

DIMM 1A (Blue)

 

 

 

PANEL

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 1B (Black)

 

 

 

 

 

/P4SCT+II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 1-X

 

 

Hance

IR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel's SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGP Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel's SATA2

 

 

+

GLAN CTLR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAN2

 

 

82541

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rapids

 

P4SCT/P4SCT

 

 

 

 

Standby LED

C

 

 

 

 

SATA3/7SATA4/8

FAN3CHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI-X 2

 

 

 

 

CHS

 

 

LAN2 Enable

 

 

 

WOL

 

 

 

CLR CMOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI -X 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMBus

M-SATA1-2 Enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 1

 

 

 

BIOS

 

SATA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marvell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2/6

®

 

RAGE-XL

Speaker

 

 

 

SATA CTLR

 

 

 

UPER

 

 

 

 

 

BATTERY

 

 

FLOPPY

IDE2

IDE1

SATA1/5

(Marvall's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 3/4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 2

 

I-SATA LED

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS FAN4

 

 

 

 

VGA Enable

 

Keylock Speaker

M- SATA LED

 

 

Ch. Intru.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUPER MICRO Computer P4SCT+ ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports, Universal Serial Bus USB, Keyboard/Mouse, USB 1/2

P4SCT+, P4SCT, P4SCT+II specifications

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