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Intel® Desktop Board D915GAV
Connectors
 
Included on this page:
Back Panel Connectors
Component-side Connectors
Add-in Card Connectors
Front Panel Connectors
Front Panel USB Connectors
Front Panel IEEE 1394a Connectors (Optional)

CAUTION
Only the following connectors have overcurrent protection: back panel USB, front panel USB, and PS/2*.

The other internal connectors are not overcurrent protected and should connect only to devices inside the computer's chassis, such as fans and internal peripherals. Do not use these connectors to power devices external to the computer's chassis. A fault in the load presented by the external devices could cause damage to the computer, the power cable, and the external devices themselves.
Back Panel I/O Connectors

The figure below shows the location of the back panel connectors. The back panel connectors are color-coded. The figure legend below lists the colors used (when applicable).

D915GAV Back Panel Connectors
Item Description
A PS/2* mouse port (Green)
B PS/2 keyboard port (Purple)
C Parallel port (Burgundy)
D Serial port A (Teal)
E VGA port
F Audio line in/Retasking Port C (Light Blue)
G Audio line out/Retasking Port D (Lime Green)
H MIC in/Retasking Port B (Pink)
I IEE-1394a (optional)
J USB ports (two)
K LAN
L USB ports (two)
Note
The back panel audio line out connector is designed to power headphones or amplified speakers only. Poor audio quality occurs if passive (non-amplified) speakers are connected to this output.
Component-side Connectors

The figure below shows the location of the component-side connectors on the D915GAV board.

D915GAV Component-side Connectors
Item Description
A PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connector 4
B Rear chassis fan connector 2
C PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector 3
D PCI Express* x1 bus add-in card connector 2
E ATAPI CD-ROM connector (optional)
F PCI Express x1 bus add-in card connector 1
G S/PDIF connector (optional)
H Front panel audio connector
I PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector 2
J Front panel IEEE-1394a connector (optional)
K PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector 1
L Front panel IEEE-1394a connector (optional)
M PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connector
N Rear chassis fan connector 1
O Alternate power connector
P +12V power connector (ATX12V)
Q SCSI LED (optional)
R Serial port B (optional)
S Processor fan connector
T Power connector
U Diskette drive connector
V Parallel ATA IDE connector
W Chassis intrusion connector
X Front chassis fan connector
Y Serial ATA connector 1
Z Serial ATA connector 3
AA Serial ATA connector 2
BB Serial ATA connector 0
CC Auxiliary front panel power LED connector
DD Front panel connector
EE ATX fan connector (optional)
FF Front panel USB connector
GG Front panel USB connector
Add-in Card Connectors
This board has the following add-in connectors:
PCI Express* x16: one connector supporting simultaneous transfer speeds up to 8 GBytes/sec
PCI Express x1: the D915GAV board has two PCI Express x1 connectors. The x1 interfaces support simultaneous transfer speeds up to 500 MBytes/sec
PCI Conventional* (rev 2.2 compliant) bus: the D915GAV board has four PCI Conventional add-in card connectors. The SMBus is routed to PCI Conventional bus connector 2 only (ATX expansion slot 6). PCI Conventional bus add-in cards with SMBus support can access sensor data and other information residing on the Desktop Board.

Note the following considerations for the PCI Conventional bus connectors:
All of the PCI Conventional bus connectors are bus master capable
SMBus signals are routed to PCI Conventional bus connector 2. This enables PCI Conventional bus add-in boards with SMBus support to access sensor data on the boards. The specific SMBus signals are as follows:
The SMBus clock line is connected to pin A40
The SMBus data line is connected to pin A41
Front Panel Connectors
This section describes the functions of the front panel connector. The table below lists the signal names of the front panel connector. The figure below is a connection diagram for the front panel connector.
Pin Signal In/Out Description Pin Signal In/Out Description
Hard Drive Activity LED
[Yellow]
Power LED
[Green]
1 HD_PWR Out Hard disk LED pull-up (750 ohm) to +5 V 2 HDR_BLNK_GRN Out Front panel green LED
3 HAD# Out Hard disk active LED 4 HDR_BLNK_YEL Out Front panel yellow LED
Reset Switch
[Purple]
On/Off Switch
[Red]
5 Ground   Ground 6 FPBUT_IN In Power switch
7 FP_RESET# In Reset switch 8 Ground   Ground
Power
Not Connected
9 +5 V   Power 10 N/C   Not connected

D915GAV Front Panel

Front Panel USB Connectors
The figure below is a connection diagram for the front panel USB connectors
Integrator's Notes
The +5 V DC power on the USB connector is fused.
Pins 1, 3, 5, and 7 comprise one USB port.
Pins 2, 4, 6, and 8 comprise one USB port.
Use only a front panel USB connector that conforms to the USB 2.0 specification for high-speed USB devices.

D915GAV Front Panel USB Connectors
Front Panel IEEE 1394a Connectors (Optional)

The figure below is a connection diagram for the front panel IEEE 1394a connectors

D915GAV Front Panel IEEE 1394a Connectors

Integrator's Notes
The IEEE 1394a connectors are colored blue.
The +12 V DC power on the IEEE 1394a connectors is fused.
Each IEEE 1394a connector provides one IEEE 1394a port.

For more information about the connectors, see the Intel® Desktop Board D915GAV Technical Product Specification
Updated: Monday, June 21, 2004
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