I'm building two computers with PCChips m811 motherboards. The problem I'm having is connecting my cases to the motherboards. The plugs from the case are: 4pin speaker (2 wire - black and yellow), 2 pin power sw (2 wire - white and black), 3 pin power LED (2 wire - black and brown), 2 pin HDD LED (2 wire - white and red), and a 2 pin reset sw (2 wire, both grey).
The mobo pins are labeled as follows:
1: HD LED (positive) 2: MSG LED [dual color or single color (-)]
3: HD active LED (negative) 4: MSG LED [dual color of single color (+)]
5: Reset Switch 6: Power Switch
7: Reset Switch 8: Power Switch
9: Reserved 10: No pin
Everything fits except for the 3 pin power LED. I'd assume that it would go in the place of the MSG LED, but obviously 3 pins don't fit on a 2 pin connection. What can I do to make this case work with this mobo? I ordered the parts off the internet, so returning them and getting something different isn't really an option. Also, I found this post: http://www.experts-exchang
Thanks in advance!
- Jeffrey
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I also found this: http://www.experts-exchang
It sounds like exactly what I'm needing to do, however I'm unsure how to actually do it. I'm also curious if I could just cut the black part of the connector in half and separate the two sides of the connector. I'm fairly sure that the middle portion of the connector is empty (using a safety pin, I can poke directly through it) so I'm left wondering what purpose it really serves, and if there is any kind of a problem that could occur from cutting that connector to make two that I can position separately.
Also, the MSG LED is indeed the power led, right? I guess for that info I can try to contact the mfg of the mobo tomorrow.
- Jeffrey
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by: zawaPosted on 2003-07-31 at 17:17:38ID: 9045081
If your 3 pins connector has a black wire just connect it leaving the black wire unconnected