Power On Sequence

Sephiroth Kwon
GRMA
26-05-2009

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General Power On Sequence

Power On Sequence (P5Q3)
Power On Sequence (M3N78-VM)
No Power Problem Debug Point

General Power On Sequence

PSON#
ATX
TOP VIEW
+5

+ 12

+5

5VSB

-5

PWOK

5VSB
1

GND GND

5VSB to 3VSB
Linear Reg.

Cap./
Res.

PWRBTN
3VSB

PANNEL

1/0
1

GND + 5
GND GND
PSON + 5
GND GND
- 12V + 3V
+ 3V

IT8282

+ 3V

PSON
0

PSON Pull low circuit

PWRBTN
0

Super I/O
South
Bridge

General Power On Sequence

+5

+ 12

+5

5VSB

-5

PWOK

CPU SOCKET
(2)

CPURST

GND GND
GND + 5

PG1
IDERST

GND GND

Circuit

IDE SLOT
(4)

PWROK

PSON + 5

PCIRST

(3)

GND GND

PCI SLOT

North Bridge

- 12V + 3V
+ 3V

(5)

+ 3V

Circuit
PSON

South Bridge

(1)
PWRBTN

PANNEL

Power On Sequence (P5Q3 Sample)

S_PLTRST
S_PLTRST
10

GMCH

H_CPURST#

USER PRESS
CRTL+ATL+DEL

B_ATX_PWROK POWER

SUPPLY

O_PWROKO_PWROK_NB
7
7

USER PRESS
POWER BTN

O_PCIRST#_SLOT

S_PCIRST#
8

TPM
JMB363
VA6308P

VCORE

H_CPUPWRGD

9
O_PWROK

O_PWRBTN

CPU

4
S_SLPS4#

User clear
CMOS

ICH10R

S_TRCRST#

9
O_PCIRST#_PCIEX16_12 PCI_PCIEX16
O_PCIRST#_PCIEX1_123

S_SLPS3#

RSTCON#

5
O_RSMRST#

P_VRM_G
D
7

2
O_KB_RST#

O_PWRBTNIN#

EPU
User
press
Rest
button

Super I/O

6 O_PSON#

8
S_PLTRST#

LAN

PCI_PCIEX1
PCI SLOT

Power On Sequence(M3N78-VM)
14. CPU_RST#
13. PCI_RST#

CPU

PCI SLOT 1,2

12. CPU_PWROK#

13. PCIE_RST#

10. 1.2VHT_EN

MCP78

PCIE X1

9. VCORE_PG

1.RSMRST#

4.SUSC#

4.SUSB#

6. 3V

3.SIO_PWRBTN#

6. 12V

11.SIO_RST#

VRM

7.PWROK_SB

8. VCORE_EN

6. 5V

ATX
Power

5. PSON#

SIO
ITE8712F

13.PCIERST#
11. IDE_RST#

2. PWR_BTN#

PCIE X16
IDE Port

No Power Problem Debug Point

POWER UP PROBLEM
1. Check if any burned components or traces
2. Check no voltages short with GND such as +5, +12 , +5VSB, +3,
-12, +3VSB, VCORE 1.5V, 2.5V
3. Check Battery voltage
4. Check Xtal 32.768 KHz
5. Check 5VSB ,3VSB, PWRBTN#
6. Check PSON signal & related circuit

Thank You!