Question Front panel connectors

[Evanjunho]

I have used a old pc and put it in a new cooler master case. The front panel connectors look all the same and familiar but the pins on the motherboard looks weird. The missing pin is on the left instead of the right and I don’t know which one I should plug in to. Please help me plug the connectors.


Mastercooler q300l
Mother board is tc220

 

[COLGeek]

What is the make/model of the motherboard? With that info, we should be able to locate the manual for it to sort out the config of your front panel connection headers.

 

[Evanjunho]

What is the make/model of the motherboard? With that info, we should be able to locate the manual for it to sort out the config of your front panel connection headers.

It’s from a prebuilt. The mother boards name is tc 220

 

[COLGeek]

That is an Acer motherboard, in all likelihood. Still looking for a diagram/manual with the info. It should have a standard Intel layout used on most products.

Is this what your motherboard looks like?

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/462233/how-do-install-a-second-hard-drive-to-a-aspire-220

 

[Evanjunho]

That is an Acer motherboard, in all likelihood. Still looking for a diagram/manual with the info. It should have a standard Intel layout used on most products.

Is this what your motherboard looks like?

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/462233/how-do-install-a-second-hard-drive-to-a-aspire-220

Yes yes yes

https://imgur.com/P2Nor8I

View: https://imgur.com/P2Nor8I

 

[COLGeek]

I am going to guess that the yellow header matches up to the standard Intel pin-out. See here:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...000005643/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards.html

The USB 2.0 (2 sets of black 9-pin headers to left of yellow one) headers appear to be standard and should align properly with any USB 2.0 connectors your case has (if any).

The longer black header at the very bottom right looks like part could be for front panel sound. Where the standard pins on the connector would align with the pins on the right-most side of the connector.

Hard to find definite info regarding this motherboard. Start with the power button to sort it out first.

 

[Evanjunho]

I am going to guess that the yellow header matches up to the standard Intel pin-out. See here:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...000005643/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards.html

The USB 2.0 (2 sets of black 9-pin headers to left of yellow one) headers appear to be standard and should align properly with any USB 2.0 connectors your case has (if any).

The thing is. The missing pin is on the left side not the right so I was am confused still

 

[Evanjunho]

The thing is. The missing pin is on the left side not the right so I was am confused still

Look in the photo

 

[COLGeek]

I see what you are saying. Do you still have the Acer case?

 

[Evanjunho]

I see what you are saying. Do you still have the Acer case?

Yes

 

[COLGeek]

Can you trace the wires on the Acer connector back to their source? Also, see here:

https://superuser.com/questions/692797/front-panel-pins-not-identified-on-motherboard-acer-rs740dvf

Note the long header you have seems to match with this info. That is one odd motherboard.

 

[Evanjunho]

Can you trace the wires on the Acer connector back to their source? Also, see here:

https://superuser.com/questions/692797/front-panel-pins-not-identified-on-motherboard-acer-rs740dvf

Note the long header you have seems to match with this info. That is one odd motherboard.

These are the cables going to the case. The others are HD audio and usb3.0 I didn’t show

https://imgur.com/lC8YaqH

View: https://m.imgur.com/lC8YaqH

 

[COLGeek]

The yellow is sound and likely non-standard. That you can live without at the front panel.

The black appears to be your front panel connections. Try tracing the wires to their associated device (power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED.

 

[Evanjunho]

The yellow is sound and likely non-standard. That you can live without at the front panel.

The black appears to be your front panel connections. Try tracing the wires to their associated device (power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED.

Is the black pins under the yellow pins the front panel pins ? If so I will do what I can.

 

[COLGeek]

Yes. It appears so. Good luck.