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Asus Motherboard P5ND2 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

12. System panel connector (20-pin PANEL)

This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions.

The sytem panel connector is color-coded for easy connection. Refer to

the connector description below for details.

• System power LED (Green 2-pin PLED)

This 3-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis

power LED cable to this connector. The system power LED lights up

when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in

sleep mode.

• Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pin IDE_LED)

This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD

Activity LED cable to this connector. The IDE LED lights up or flashes

when data is read from or written to the HDD.

• System warning speaker (Orange 2-pin SPEAKER)

This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning

speaker. The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings.

• ATX power button/soft-off button (Light Green 2-pin PWRSW)

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

button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft-off

mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for

more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF.

• Reset button (Blue 2-pin RESET)

This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for

system reboot without turning off the system power.

P5ND2

R

P5ND2 System Panel Connector

*

Requires an ATX power supply

PANEL

PLED-

PWR

+5V

Speaker

Ground

RESET

Ground

Reset

Ground Ground

PWRSW

PLED+

IDE_LED-

IDE_LED+

IDE_LED

PLED

SPEAKER

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