M - Front Panel Connector
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Front Panel Connector This is the front panel connector on the motherboard. This 2 × 8 connector is keyed to ensure proper cable connection if the cable used is also keyed. Pin 1 is indicated by a 1 on the board (lower right pin in this graphic).

Refer to the following table for pinout information.

Pin Signal In/Out Description Pin Signal In/Out Description
1 HD_PWR Out Hard disk LED pull-up (330 ohms) to +5 V 2 HDR_BLNK_GRN Out Front panel green LED
3 HDA# Out Hard disk activity LED 4 HDR_BLNK_YEL Out Front panel yellow LED
5 GND   Ground 6 FPBUT_IN In Power switch
7 FP_RESET# In Reset switch 8 GND   Ground
9 +5 V Out Power 10 N/C   Not connected
11 N/C   Reserved 12 GND   Ground
13 GND   Ground 14 (pin removed)   Not connected
15 N/C   Reserved 16 +5 V Out Power