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Table of Contents
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator ........................................... 1-24
BIOS Support for USB Keyboard.................................................................. 1-24
Main Switch Override Mechanism ................................................................1-24
1-5 Power Supply ................................................................................................1-24
1-6 Super I/O .......................................................................................................1-25
1-7 Overview of the Nuvoton BMC Controller (X7SPA-HF/X7SPE-HF/X7SPE-
HF-D525/X7SPA-HF-D525 only) ..............................................................................1-25
1-8 LVDS (X7SPA-L only)....................................................................................1-26
Chapter 2 Installation
2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices ..................................................................................2-1
Precautions .....................................................................................................2-1
Unpacking .......................................................................................................2-1
Tools Needed ..................................................................................................2-2
Location of Mounting Holes ............................................................................2-2
2-2 Motherboard Installation ..................................................................................2-2
Installation Instructions ....................................................................................2-3
2-3 System Memory ..............................................................................................2-4
How to Install SO DIMMs ............................................................................... 2-4
Memory Support ..............................................................................................2-4
The SO DIMM Socket .....................................................................................2-5
2-4 Connectors/I/O Ports .......................................................................................2-6
Back Panel Connectors and I/O Ports ............................................................2-6
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ..............................................2-7
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ........................................................................2-8
Serial Ports .................................................................................................2-9
VGA Connector ........................................................................................2-10
LAN Ports / IPMI .......................................................................................2-11
Front Control Panel .......................................................................................2-12
JF1 Header Pins ......................................................................................2-12
Front Control Panel Pin Deî‚¿nitions............................................................... 2-13
Power LED ..............................................................................................2-13
HDD LED ..................................................................................................2-13
NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators .......................................................................2-13
Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail LED.................................................................... 2-14
Power Fail LED ........................................................................................2-14
Reset Button ...........................................................................................2-15
Power Button ...........................................................................................2-15
NMI Button ..............................................................................................2-15
2-5 Connecting Cables ........................................................................................2-16