Confused, no System Panel Connector?

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Hi

I have started to build a new pc for my brother.

We are using his old HP Case! & Psu and also the HDD and Dvd Drive

But anyway when i came to connect the USB and Audio and Power up , I couldn't. I am confused.

When I built my own pc( PQ5 Pro and Antec Sonata) I got a system panel connecter and plugged the on/off connector etc in to that, but on this build, i didn't recieve a panel connector ( AMD System, Asus M3A78 board, micro ATX )

So I don't know where to plug the power button into , Do i need a System Panel Connector, I looked in the guide the mobo came with but it doesn't really shed any light on it but it does show the place where a panel connector can be used. I don't get it! Surely they should include one!

But also, it doesn't list one in the , in the box section if you like.

I also don't understand how i would connect the power button to the connector as it is a 10 port thing?
 
never had a panel connector with any of my pcs. there is a set of pins on the mobo that that the wires from the panel buttons and leds plug onto.

if you look at the mobo there in bottom right corner next to the red sata ports there is a white plastic thing with lil pins that is were everything plugs into. in your handbook it will say what pin dows what. some cases have one block you can slide on others you have to do individual pins
 
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thefishdude said:
if you look at the mobo there in bottom right corner next to the red sata ports there is a white plastic thing with lil pins that is were everything plugs into. in your handbook it will say what pin dows what. some cases have one block you can slide on others you have to do individual pins
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Well the thing I presume is for the on/off button has two rows of 5 holes, with one blocked off. There is nothing like that on the panel :confused:
 
ok this panel thing is confusing. what do you mean what are you calling a panel ??

have you seen the white block on that mobo ?

k now there will be some wires or something attached to your case. you need to identify all of them i assume you bave everyhing in yoru case now wich is bit late as will be stuff in way........there will be connectiond for power switch reset swicth, led on and also hdd acticity led. these are the ones that go to the white block ob mobo if you have front audio or usb these will be seperate from the other ones as t hey go to diff places on mobo
it is allways possibe that as its an hp case they had some wierd way of wiring up. did yu not take note of the wires before removing old mobo.?


edit been looking at he manual for your mobo online. there is diagram in it. explaining your pin lay out. if you case has front usb there is a header on the mobo blue on under te white block that is a usb header so a front usb could connect to that and i notice its 2 rows of 5 with 1 corner pin bocked.

aboe that is the white block and it shows were the power , reset, led , ide (hdd) led and speaker (if you have one) plug in
 
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They're generally called front panel connectors and look like this, depending on the mobo, most older ones are 2 layers of 5 and some have 2 differnt blocks on the mobo

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Next, we tackle the case's front-panel connectors for the power and reset switches, power and hard drive activity lights, and the PC speaker. Each motherboard lays these connectors out in a slightly different fashion, so you'll have to consult the manual to determine which connectors plug in where. For hard drive and power LEDs, colored wires should be plugged into the positive pins on the motherboard.

It's ridiculous that the industry hasn't agreed to a standard for front-panel connectors that would eliminate the need to connect a mess of wires individually, but this is the system we're stuck with. Be sure to plug in the front-panel connectors now, because things only get more crowded inside the enclosure from here.
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I assume this was the thing you were talking about, well you dont always get them, sometimes you have to do it straight to the mobo. Plus more expensive Asus boards are the only ones I've seen them on anyway.

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