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15 front panel connector : fp1, Ide connector : pide, Com connector : com1 – Foxconn A79A-S User Manual

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front Panel Connector : fP1

This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the
front panel switch and LED Indicators.

Hard Disk leD Connector (HDD-leD)

Connect to the chassis front panel IDE indicator LED. It
indicates the active status of the hard disks. This 2-pin
connector is directional with +/- sign.

Reset Switch (ReSeT-SW)

Attach the connector to the Reset switch on the front panel of
the case; the system will restart when the switch is pressed.

Power leD Connector (PWR-leD)

Connect to the power LED indicator on the front panel of the
chassis. The Power LED indicates the system’s status. When
the system is in operation (S0 status), the LED is on. When the
system gets into sleep mode (S1) , the LED is blinking; When
the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or power off mode (S5), the
LED is off. This 2-pin connector is directional with +/- sign.

Power Switch Connector (PWR-SW)

Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis.
Push this switch allows the system to be turned on and off
rather than using the power supply button.

Serial ATA Connectors : fou_Thi_M, fou_Thi_S,
Pri_M, Pri_S

The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with SATA Hard
Disk or CD devices which supporting this feature. The current
Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer
rate.

IDe Connector : PIDe

With the provided Ultra DMA IDE ribbon cable, you can connect
to any IDE type of hard disk and CD/DVD ROM/RW drive.

CoM Connector : CoM1

This motherboard supports one serial RS232 COM port for
legacy compatibility. User must purchase another RS232 cable
with a 9-pin D-sub connector at one end to connect with the
external RS232 device and another end with 10-pin female con-
nector to connect with COM1 connector in the motherboard.

fou_Thi_M, fou_Thi_S,
Pri_M, Pri_S

GND

TX+

TX-

GND

RX-

RX+

GND

1

RLSD

SOUT

RI

GND

RTS

DSR

DTR

CTS
EMPTY

SIN

1 2

10

9

COM1

HDD-LED

RESET-SW

NC

+

-

PWR-SW

+
-

PWR-LED

EMPTY

1 2

10

9

FP1