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Some motherboards come with a connecter that you plug your wires into first and then the whole thing into the board. Much easier and im surprised its not very common
Big issue is that the front panel connectors have never been standarized, it has been the wild west since they started using them. Now at this point it would cause too many issues to switch to a new standard, so we just keep going with the mess we have.
asus did
https://hardforum.com/threads/front-panel-connector.1969623/post-1043881293
or make your own with these
https://grobotronics.com/pin-header-2x5-female-2.54mm-long.html
Yes it has a standard but not really as most don't bother to use it.Big issue is that the front panel connectors have never been standarized
Yes it has a standard but not really as most don't bother to use it.
MSI is the only one that comes to mind that mostly follows it
Intel 9 pin front panel connector
To me it's not the big issue. I think it's trying to hold the tiny connectors one by one and connecting them to the tiny individual pins. I think it should be one larger connector.Thats the problem though, it isnt a standard if only one company uses it, and everyone does their own. Imagine if hard drives werent all the same size and you had to deal with them being all shapes and sizes. Or if heatsink mounting varied depending on the motherboard maker, and a heatsink would only work on certain boards by certain makers. Or if every board used a different PSU power header, and you had to get the specific PSU that only worked with your board.
That is why case makers had to do it that way, every board has both different locations and order of pin headers. What works on one board wont work on a different one. One board may have the power and reset switch headers next to each other, another board may have them 3 pins apart, and another board have it on the bottom row.
GIGABYTE has their own version of this called a "G-connector".asus did
https://hardforum.com/threads/front-panel-connector.1969623/post-1043881293
or make your own with these
https://grobotronics.com/pin-header-2x5-female-2.54mm-long.html
That looks super edgy...My Intel case has this ribbon connector for the front panel stuff. It plugged right into my Intel Xeon motherboard.
But to use the case with a standard ATX motherboard, I had to make an adapter.
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They didn't have to make them that way. They could have came up with a better design, then engineer an adapter to make it compadible with older systems. Like how 20 pin to 24 pin motherboard power connectors eventually changed and adapters were made for legacy systems.
Yes, yes, and yes
Also, bring back chassis speakers.
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a while a case that uses the chassis intrusion connector.Yes, yes, and yes
Also, bring back chassis speakers.
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a while a case that uses the chassis intrusion connector.
By the way, the way I connect these things is I face the letters on the bottom row down and the ones on the top row I face the letters upwards. Is this correct?
I had got with my AORUS Elite X570 well the Asus implementation is much better the "G-connector" is just a cheap plastic holder for the cases front panel plugs and the metal retainer to separate the 2 rows always comes out!GIGABYTE has their own version of this called a "G-connector".
I am fine with the connectors but why do some motherboards remove the pinout labeling for them on the motherboard itself? Now I have to open the manual to get the correct pinout to plug them in.
I just unliked that post after seeing a video on Youtube. Apparently they can either face up or down. EDIT: Wait a minute, for the single ones I guess it doesn't matter as long as you get the plus and minus on the correct pins.All of them should be face down.
the only ones that matter are the power LED and HDD LED.I just unliked that post after seeing a video on Youtube. Apparently they can either face up or down. EDIT: Wait a minute, for the single ones I guess it doesn't matter as long as you get the plus and minus on the correct pins.
I just unliked that post after seeing a video on Youtube. Apparently they can either face up or down. EDIT: Wait a minute, for the single ones I guess it doesn't matter as long as you get the plus and minus on the correct pins.
I just installed the front panel on an AsRock B560M-HDV and followed the manual. They ended up all facing down.Install them all face up and see what happens.
Bingo.Because Gigabyte and MSI are atrocious motherboard manufacturers.
Bingo.
I've always been happy with AsRock or Asus boards, depending on what kind of money I want to spend on a board.
I ran into similar many years ago with a Compaq, ended up having to break the proprietary front panel connector up and attach each button/led wire singly. After it burned a mobo header the proprietary front usb ports were just taped over.My levono legion 5 motherboard is unmarked and the power button connecter is only identifiable because it was part of a 9 pin connector. I can at least use the power switch in my Lian LI case, but the reset, power and hdd leds are useless for me.
Edit. I'll add a bitch that levono used a special and as far as I can tell proprietary front panel audio connector. Can't wait to ditch this mobo
I wanted to resuse a Sony Vaio case ("Standard" MATX) and the front panel connector was a weird plug (not the standard 2.54MM pitch) it went to a board with three LEDs and two switches well I used my multi-meter to find out what did what and I soldered normal pins from a long scrapped case.I ran into similar many years ago with a Compaq, ended up having to break the proprietary front panel connector up and attach each button/led wire singly. After it burned a mobo header the proprietary front usb ports were just taped over.
Thankfully in my case the only front panel connector is the power button. Right now I only have the power button for my Lian Li case hooked to it. I'll hook the rest of them up when I have a new motherboard later onI ran into similar many years ago with a Compaq, ended up having to break the proprietary front panel connector up and attach each button/led wire singly. After it burned a mobo header the proprietary front usb ports were just taped over.