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Asus M2V User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

• System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PLED)

This 3-1 pin connector connects to the system power LED. The LED

lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the

system is in sleep mode.

• System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pin SPEAKER)

This 4-pin connector is for the case-mounted speaker. It allows you to

hear system beeps and warnings.

• Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET)

This 2-pin connector is for the case-mounted reset switch to reboot the

system without turning off the system power.

• ATX Power Switch / Soft-Off Switch Lead (2-pin PWRSW)

This connector is for the system power switch. Pressing the power

switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP, or ON and SOFT

OFF, depending on the BIOS or OS settings. Pressing the power

switch while in the ON mode for more than four seconds turns the

system OFF.

• Hard disk activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED)

This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. Any read

or write activity of an IDE device causes this LED to light up.

Q-Connector (System panel)

ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily to connect the chassis front panel cables

to the motherboard. Perform these steps to install ASUS Q-Connector.

Step 1
Connect the front panel cables to their

respective connectors on the ASUS Q-

Connector. Refer to the labels on the Q-

Connector for proper connection and pin

definition.

Step 2
Carefully connect the ASUS

Q-Connector to the System panel connector.

The ASUS Q-Connector fits only in one

orientation; if it doesn’t fit, try reversing it.