Front panel connector question, need a quick reply please :P.

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I'm in the process of changing my case to the NZXT switch 810. I'm doing the front panel connectors right now.
So normally the coloured one is positive right? Well they are both black with this case so how do I find out which ones positive?
 
Ask it a question. If it says, "Oh, what's the point. We're all doomed." That's the negative one.
 
daan
Ask it a question. If it says, "Oh, what's the point. We're all doomed." That's the negative one.
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Haha...good one :P

For some reason I never thought of looking in the instruction manual until after I made this thread. I looked there, and, despite the fact that it was poorly laid out and small, and it also wasn't clear at all, I got them in the right places. Mostly by luck of course.

Thanks
 
Some things don't matter, if they're not labelled then don't worry about it. If anything has one red and one black the red is positive, and if any LEDs don't turn on then you have them the wrong way around. Don't leave them connected incorrectly for long, I imagine they'll be able to handle 5V reverse bias but they're not really supposed to.
 
Thanks Neema. Is it possible to damage the motherboard or anything by plugging any of them in the wrong way around? That was my fear, I didn't want to short anything or something like that.
 
No, I'm pretty sure you won't damage the motherboard. Just don't do anything unusual (like attempting to solder directly to the board or something pants-on-head crazy) and you'll be fine.
 
neema_t
No, I'm pretty sure you won't damage the motherboard. Just don't do anything unusual (like attempting to solder directly to the board or something pants-on-head crazy) and you'll be fine.
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Ok thanks! I would definitely not do that lol.
 
The only ones that matter are the Power LED and HDD activity LED as they are diodes and they need the correct polarity.

The Reset switch and power switch just complete a circuit so it doesn't matter.
Same applies to the speaker/buzzer.

No harm will come to the mainboard.
 
Unless its something like a USB header with no instructions there's very little chance of messing it up. A few weeks ago I learned this in the most annoying way possible while adding a few more USB ports to a friends computer. Silverstone literally had no documentation on it and I had to look up how to wire them in because normally its a straight plug and is actually rather simple to deal with.. Silverstone took the liberty of seperating each and every cable instead.
 
Gdog96
lol I hate it when manufacturers make our life harder for no real reason :P
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Oh there is always a reason. Most likely that it saved them some amount of money somehow at the expense of your convenience :lol:
 
bergauk
Unless its something like a USB header with no instructions there's very little chance of messing it up. A few weeks ago I learned this in the most annoying way possible while adding a few more USB ports to a friends computer. Silverstone literally had no documentation on it and I had to look up how to wire them in because normally its a straight plug and is actually rather simple to deal with.. Silverstone took the liberty of seperating each and every cable instead.
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Yes I hate it when they use 9x1 connectors instead of 2x5 connector.
 
The layout for USB 2 is

[+5v][D-][D+][GND][NC]
[+5v][D-][D+][GND][Key]


Most case makers use a 2x5 female connector with row 2 pin 5 filled in.

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