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Asus P4S8X-X User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pin SMI)

This 2-pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend
mode, or “green” mode, where system activity is instantly decreased to save
power and to expand the life of certain system components. Attach the case-
mounted suspend switch to this 2-pin connector.

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

This connector connects a switch that controls the system power. 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 4 seconds turns the system OFF.

Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET)

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting
the system without turning off the system power.

Hard Disk Activity Lead (2-pin IDELED)

This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. The read or write
activities of any device connected to the primaryor secondary IDE connector
cause this LED to light up.