DELL VOSTRO 420 PANEL CONNECTIONS

N1996 is not a mainboard model number. It is a quality standard code such as CE or UL. You need to provide the manufacturers name and model number if you want answers here.

Assuming that the is a RAMPAGE II Extreme....

Hello julian_ad681

I will tell you how wire your case front panel, but before that lets test the motherboard to make sure the problem is not the board itself.

Remove all the wire connections to the front panel.

Turn the power on and with a small screw driver or anything that is metal short (touch) the two pins that are the PWR SW. (look at the list of pins I have put at the end)

If the computer turns on then it means the board is ok.

The following information is also availabe in the motherboard manual available from the gogabyte web site download section

On the motherboard next to the battery is the front panel header pins. it looks like

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i also write them as numbers as well to make it easy for you)
0 0 0 0 0

1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0
5 6 7 8

1 and 2 are message LED. you don't need any connection to this.
3 and 4 are the power switch connections no polarity, just connect the wires
5 and 6 are the hard disk LED. 5 is the positive side (usually red)
7 and 8 are the reset switch. no polarity, just connect the wires.
Next to the message LED there is a three pin connection. This is for the power LED.


hope this has helped you.

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Pin outs for MS7050 v2.0 HP DX5150 are as follows.

looking from edge of board L to R

First edge pair HDD LED + - First inner pair PWR LED + -
Second edge pair RST SW Second inner pair PWR SW

Today's motherboard are easy to setup because mostly are now color coded like those connection ports.All you have to do is place the cables according to their color coded ports. Connectors are easy to identified because they are also labeled with name. Like the picture below.


Connections ports on the motherboard are also labeled similar to the connector cables above or have a similar abbreviated names like PSW for Power SW.

I hope this could help you..
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Here is the pinout. Note key pin 2 missing.
1 2
reset+ O X key
reset- O (gnd) O pwr sw +
pwr led+ O O pwr sw -
pwr led- O (gnd) O hdd led+
-- O O hdd led-
| O O --
| O (gnd) (gnd) O |
n/c -| O O |- n/c
| O O |
-- O (+5v) O --
19 20

Here is pinout. Pin2 key is missing pin
1 reset+
3 reset- (gnd)
5 pwr led+
7 pwr led- (gnd)
9 n/c
11 n/c
13 n/c (gnd)
15 n/c
17 n/c
19 n/c
2 key (missing pin)
4 pwr sw +
6 pwr sw -
8 hdd led+
10 hdd led-
12 n/c
14 n/c (gnd)
16 n/c
18 n/c
20 n/c (+5v)

n/c = no connection

Yes.
First, let's orient the view of the motherboard, so we are both looking at it the same way.
The processor is at the top middle, and the Front panel header, is to the very bottom right hand corner.
Right next to the motherboard mounting hole.
The Front Panel header goes across the bottom edge of the motherboard, lengthwise.

Looking at the top row of pins on the Front Panel header, No.2 Pin is at the far left. Pins 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, go across the top.

Looking at the bottom row, No. 1 Pin is at the far left. Pins 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, go across the bottom.

The power switch wires go to Pins 6 and 8.
The HDD LED wires go to Pins 1 and 3.
The power LED wires go to Pins 2 and 4.

On the power switch wires, the Positive (+) wire goes to Pin 6. Just in case this wire is marked.
(Doesn't really matter which way it goes, because it's a switch!)

On the HDD LED wires, the Positive (+) wires goes to Pin 1.

On the power LED wires, the Positive (+) wire goes to Pin 6.

You can download the complete user manual in English from the manufacturer's website at this link:)

http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_4.aspx?product=1&model=P4B533&SLanguage=en-us&os=17

The front panel connector pinout is on page 2-33, or page 59 in the PDF file. You should have mor ethan enough information to make all the connections you need.

PWR > PWR (aka PWR SW), HDD LED > HDD LED, RST > RST (aka RST SW and Reset)