connecting leds for asus a7n8X deluxe on case with front usb and firewire

[janissary]

can someone please show a full tutorial on how to install all the leds on the motherboard from the case if it has 2 front usb ports and a firewire, the extra brackets... everything its quite confusing... help would be greatly appreciated

the case is chenming A2ESW Aluminum Case w/ side panel window

 

[mechBgon]

Sure thing, start with the LED's.

Look at page 25 of your manual, and it points out the location of the IDE Activity LED. Find the case's HDD LED plug and plug it onto that header with the label on its left side.

Now go to page 33 and it shows the System Power LED pins in item #24 there. Find your case's Power LED plug and plug it into those pins with its label facing upwards.

With either of the LED's, if they do not light up when they're supposed to, flip the plug over.

The USB is not as bad as it looks. Look at the nine little single-pin plugs that come from the case and need to plug into the mobo. They all have either a 1 or a 2 on them, along with other notations such as +5V, D-, D+, or Ground.

• Separate all the 1's from the 2's. Notice how there are five 1's, and four 2's.
• Look at page 31 of the manual for the location of the USB_56 header and notice how there are five pins on the top row, and four pins on the bottom row.
• Take the 1's and plug them into the top row of the USB_56 header in this order (from left to right): +5V, D-, D+, Ground, Ground. Now double-check that all of these have the numeral 1 on them, no 2's.
• Now take the 2's and plug them into the bottom row of the USB_56 header in this order (from left to right): +5V, D-, D+, Ground.

I don't recommend attempting to plug the case's FireWire wiring into the motherboard's header, because the pins on the mobo do not stick out far enough for the case's wiring to get a good grip on them. Pick up a FireWire extension cable if you need easy access, that's my advice

 

[janissary]

thx mech really nice of you, also i connected ide, power fans, other fanns etc., ieee header the cared, and powers upply connectors

however there is this mention of SMBus connector (6 in 1).... i dont think i have it i, dont see it anywhere in the bix
... is this optional or required.. once again ur help is greatly appreciated

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: janissary
thx mech really nice of you, also i connected ide, power fans, other fanns etc., ieee header the cared, and powers upply connectors

however there is this mention of SMBus connector (6 in 1).... i dont think i have it i, dont see it anywhere in the bix
... is this optional or required.. once again ur help is greatly appreciated

Sure thing, I did those hookup tasks just last week on my system so it was pretty fresh in my mind As for the SMBus, that stands for System Management Bus if I recall correctly, and I don't think it's usually used unless the boards are built into major-brand systems destined for corporate usage. Honestly, I don't know much about what it's used for.