Front Panel Header for Intel® Desktop Boards
Last Reviewed: 06-Sep-2017
Article ID: 000005643
Intel® Desktop Boards use a front panel header with a 9-pin chassis.
Pin assignments:
| Pin | Description | In/Out | Pin | Description | In/Out |
| Hard Drive Activity LED | Power LED | ||||
| 1 | Hard disk LED pull-up to +5 V | out | 2 | Front panel green LED (5V) | Out |
| 3 | Hard disk active LED | out | 4 | Front panel yellow LED (5V) | Out |
| Reset Switch | On/Off Switch | ||||
| 5 | Ground | 6 | Power switch | In | |
| 7 | Reset switch | In | 8 | Ground | |
| Power | Not Connected | ||||
| 9 | Power | Out | 10 | No pin | |
Intel® Desktop Boards also include an alternate front panel power/sleep LED header. Use this header if your chassis provides only a 3-pin connector to the front power LEDs.
Pin assignments:
| Pin | Signal Name | Description |
| 1 | POWER_LED_MAIN | [Out] Front panel LED (main color) |
| 2 | Key (no pin) | |
| 3 | POWER_LED_ALT | [Out] Front panel LED (alt color) |
