Usb headers hye all...canu teach me how 2 connect power led & hdd led..can u tell me which slot i must do..can u give some pic for me..i;m use abit motherboard NF-M2S

1. Identify the headers: Locate the front panel headers on the new case and on the motherboard. Make sure that you have identified the correct headers and that they are compatible with each other.
2. Check the pinout: Refer to the manual for the new case to determine the pinout for the front panel headers. Make sure that it matches the pinout listed for the motherboard, as mentioned above.
3. Connect the wires: Use the pinout information to connect the wires from the new case to the appropriate pins on the motherboard. Make sure that each wire is securely connected and that there are no loose wires that could cause a short circuit.
4. Connect the HDD LED: The HDD LED can be connected to pins 13 and 14 of the front header (LEDH1).
5. Connect the power LED: The power LED can be connected to pins 3 and 4 of the front header (LEDH1).
6. Connect the reset switch: The reset switch can be connected to pins 7 and 8 of the front header (LEDH1).
7. Connect the power switch: The power switch can be connected to pins 10 and 11 of the front header (LEDH1).

Make sure that you connect the wires correctly and securely, as an incorrect connection can cause damage to the motherboard or the front panel components.

CPU ? LGA775 socket for latest Intel Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D processor
? Supports Hyper-Threading Technology CPU
CHIPSET ? SiS® 671 & 968
? North Bridge: SiS® 671
? South Bridge: SiS® 968
GRAPHICS ? SiS Mirage 3 graphic engine
? Share Memory: Maximum up to 256MB
MEMORY ? Single-channel DDR2 memory architecture
? 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 4 GB
? Support DDR2 667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS.
For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation
EXPANSION SLOT ? 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
? 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
? 2 x PCI slots
STORAGE ? Support by SiS 968
• 2 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices
• 2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices
• RAID0 & RAID1 configuration
AUDIO ? Realtek ALC660 6-channel audio
? Compliant with HD audio specification
LAN ? Broadcom AC131 10/100 Lan Phy
REAR PANEL I/O ? 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
? 4 x USB ports
? 1 x VGA port
? 1 x Serial port (COM1)
? 1 x RJ45 LAN connector
? 1 x Audio port
INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS ? 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
? 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector
? 1 x IDE connector
? 1 x FDD connector
? 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 Ports
? 2 x Serial ATA connectors
? 1 x CD in header
? 1 x Front panel audio header
? 1 x Front panel switch/LED header
? 1 x SPDIF out header
? CPUFAN/SYSFAN connectors
SYSTEM BIOS ? AMI BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM
? Supports Plug and Play 1.0B, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
? Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification
FORM FACTOR ? Micro-ATX Size, 244mm*220mm

Hi Greeneyedbj,

What kind of I/O connectors are you looking for *********** board sir?



The image above has the following for your I/O connectors.
1. Three usb headers up to 6 additional devices, most casing can support 2-4 pins. 2. Front Audio Connector. 3. Front Panel Connector. Power Sw, Reset Sw, Powed Led, HDD Led

Branded casing has the following I/O connectors.
1. Esata 2. Firewire (Dont use the USB headers, firewire use a different pin-layout) 3. Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header.

Hopefully this information helps.
You can ask for more help.
Thank you for using FixYa.

Please see page 1-8 of ftp://ftp.biostar-usa.com/manuals/M7VKL/M7VKLmanual.pdf and see if this helps. Good luck!

Go to figure 2.7.2.4 Front Panel Header
and there should be a picture. On the power/led cables, it should say HDD LED, PW, etc,
just plug the correct cables into the corresponding pins.
Manual Download Here.

Look at the pinout of the Front Panel header, of the eMachine W3400's motherboard.

The plastic front of the computer is the Front Panel.
The area of pins on the motherboard, that the cables (Wires) from the Front Panel connect to,
is the Front Panel header.

The motherboard for an eMachines W3400 desktop computer is an MSI ms-7145
(Micro Star International)

Orient the motherboard in your view so that we are both looking at it the same way.
Processor to the Top, Ram Memory slots to the Right, white PCI slots (3) to the Bottom.

JFP1 is the Front Panel header.
(Junction Front Panel 1)

JFP1 is on the Bottom Right corner. There are two columns of pins arranged vertically.
(The JFP1 header runs parallel to the Right side of the motherboard)

The Left side column of the JFP1 header is numbered Odd.
Starting at the Top and going Down, the pins are numbered;
1, 3, 5, 7, and 9

The Right side column is numbered Even.
Starting at the Top and going Down, the pins are numbered:
2, 4, 6, and 8.
There is NO Pin 10

A) Pins 1 and 3 are for the HarDDrive Activity LED light. (HDD)
If the LED light is dim will operating switch the wires around

B) Pins 5 and 7 are for the Reset switch. (Reset button)
> IF Used

C) Pin 9 is Not used. (NC. No Connection)

D) Pins 2 and 4 are for the Power On LED light (If dim switch the wires around)

E) Pins 6 and 8 are for the Power On switch. (Power On button)

Trace the wires back to the Power On switch. Even if it means temporarily removing part of the Front Panel to see.

Same with the LED lights.
See which wires go to the Power On LED, and HDD Activity LED. (Harddrive Activity LED)

Follow the 3 wires, and tell me where they go to on the Front Panel.
USB port?
Memory Card Reader?
Firewire port? (a1394)

The eMachines C2685 uses an FIC VC37GV motherboard. (First International Computer, Inc.)

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/FIC/VC37GV/

Here is the motherboard manual,

http://www.ime.org.uk/pdfs/vc37_vg31_b1_eng.pdf

After you click on the above link, give it up to 30 seconds to download. This is a PDF file.

Barring you cannot download the file, I will state the connections for the Front Panel header on the motherboard.
(Plus state the page to reference to, in case you can download)

View the first link, with the photo of the FIC VC37GV motherboard.

As shown, Processor is at the top, Ram Memory slots are to the right.

The Front Panel header is located at the very bottom right corner.

It is parallel to the outside edge of the motherboard. There are two rows of pins.
(Page 12)

The Front Panel header has 5 pins going across the top, and 4 pins across the bottom.

The top row of pins are numbered Odd.
The bottom row of pins are numbered Evenly.

On the Top row starting on the Right side, going towards the left, the pins are numbered 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.

On the Bottom row starting on the Right side, going towards the left, the pins are numbered 2, 4, 6, and 8.

A) Pins 1 and 3 are for the HDD LED. (HarDDrive activity LED)

B) Pins 5 and 7 are for the Reset switch

C) Pins 2 and 4 are for a Dual Color Power On LED, if used.
Green goes to Pin 2. Yellow goes to Pin 4.

Otherwise Pin 2 is Positive, ( + ), and Pin 4 is Negative. ( - )

D) Pins 6 and 8 are for the Power On switch.
(PWR1, or SW1)

There is a small 3 pin header, just above the Front Panel header. (Page 12)

This is for a Power LED that has either two wires, or three wires.
The pins are numbered from Right to left.

Pin 1 is for the Power LED, and Pin 2 is for Ground, if using a two wire Power LED. (Not dual color)

Pin 1 is for the Power LED, and Pins 2 and 3 are for Ground (GND), if using a three wire Power LED.
(Page 13)

The eMachines W2828 uses an MSI MS-7061 motherboard. Also known as KM3M-V.

This is MSI Support, and the download page for the KM3M-V motherboard manual,

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=manual&maincat_no=1&prod_no=590

Left-click on the blue - M7061v1.2.zip - file name under the Download heading.

On the next page click on the country nearest yours.
A small window will come up.

Be sure the empty circle to the left of Save File, has a green dot in it.
If not, Left-click in the empty circle.
Now go below, and click on OK.

This is a Zip file. Zip files are used to send a large amount of information. The file is condensed.

If you do not have your downloads set to save to your My Documents folder, (Could also go to a sub-folder in My Documents>Downloads), this file will go to your desktop screen.

When you see the file name - M7061v1.2.zip, double-click right on it.
On the left side of the screen go up to the top, and left-click on - Extract All Files.
Follow the instructions of the Unzip Wizard.

Barring you have trouble downloading, or opening the file;

Orient the motherboard so the Processor is at the top, and Ram Memory slots are to the right.

Below the CMOS battery is a front panel header > JFP1

(Front Panel is the plastic front part of the computer, the Power On switch, Power On LED, and HDD LED are located)

There are three white PCI slots on the motherboard, below the Processor socket.
The last PCI slot that is closest to the outside edge of the motherboard, is PCI 3.

Below the PCI 3 slot is the AUD1 header. (Audio 1)

Below the right corner of the PCI 3 slot are two more headers.
JUSB1, and JUSB2
These two headers are combined together.

To the right of the JUSB1 and JUSB2 headers is another header.
JFP2.

To the right of the JFP2 header is a header that only has two pins.
JC11.

To the right of the JC11 header is the JFP1 header.

It is the last horizontal header, and is all the way to the right of the motherboard.
The JFP1 header is parallel to the outside edge of the motherboard.

There are two rows of pins.
Four across the top, then a blank space. (Or no pin)
Five across the bottom.

The pins going across the top of the JFP1 header are numbered Evenly.

Starting at the Left side going towards the right, the pins are numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.
There is NO pin 10, however

The pins going across the bottom are numbered Odd.

Starting at the Left side going towards the right, the pins are numbered,
1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.

1) Pins 2 and 4 are for the Power LED lamp.

2) Pins 6 and 8 are for the Power On switch

3) Pins 1 and 3 are for the HarDDrive activity LED

4) Pins 5 and 7 are for the Reset switch

Because there are so many different case and motherboard combinations sometimes it can be difficult following the instructions for connecting the front panel, USB header and audio header.

Below is a few generic guide that should stop some of the confusion with the labels on the wires.





Front Panel Audio


***Please note this is a generic wiring guide and we can not guarantee it will work with every motherboard. Please check your motherboard manual first. Wiring the headers wrong can cause damage to the motherboard and case, this damage is not covered by the warranty***

another handy USB wiring guide can be found here http://www.directron.com/installusb.html

this maybe easier to follow

FRONT PANEL AUDIO

2________10
__

1________9

Pin Wire
1) Mic In
2) GND (ground) or if 2xGND available, it’s the GND for the headphones, NOT the Mic
3) Mic BIAS
4) n/c
5) Speaker Right Out
6) Speaker Right Return
7) n/c
8) no pin (n/c)
9) Speaker Left Out
10) Speaker Left Return

n/c = not connected



USB (F_USB1 and also F_USB2)

2________10

 x
1________9

Top row of pins
2 = USB port 2 : VCC/Power/+5V
4 = USB port 2 : Data -/D-
6 = USB port 2 : Data +/D+
8 = USB port 2 : Ground/GND
10 = USB port 2 : pin present, but not connected to anything.

Bottom row of pins
1 = USB port 1 : VCC/Power/+5V
3 = USB port 1 : Data -/D-
5 = USB port 1 : Data +/D+
7 = USB port 1 : Ground/GND
9 = USB port 1 : no pin present

Front Panel Connector (FP1)

1 2
x 




9 10

1 = no pin present
3 & 5 = Power Switch
7 & 9 = Power LED (light)

2 = pin present, but not connected to anything.
4 & 6 = Reset Switch
8 = 10 = Hard Drive LED (light)

Hi, There are 3 versions of this motherboard; 1.0, 2.0 & 3.3, but the layout is identical. The general layout is shown in pins.jpg. For the power led, the white wire goes to the (-) terminal either pin 2 or 3, both are MPD- while the green goes to the ( ) or pin 1 (MPD ) as shown in powerled.jpg HDDpins.jpg shows the connection of HDD led, the white goes to pin 3 or HD- while the red goes to pin 1 or the HDD . I cropped these images from the manual which is also available at the gigabyte website. Hope this gives you some ideas and workout of you. Good luck and pls post again how things turn up. Kind regards.