How do I know which cables are which on my mobo?

[jimbles]

Today I'm going to be transferring my computer's internals to a new case. I've got everything down except the motherboard cables. I know the obvious ones, such as the CPU power cable, mobo power cable, but what about the other ones? I'm dealing with an ATX sized motherboard, if that helps.

For reference my motherboard looks kind of like this. http://ak1.ostkcdn.com/images/products/etilize/images/250/1025142410.jpg

Some of the other cable ports, sorry if that's the wrong name, aren't included but I'd still like to know all of the one's on a general ATX mobo.

Thank you!

 

[Jaxem]

well, you won't plug the wrong thing into the wrong place if that's what you mean, sata cables only fit in sata ports and fans on fan headers and so forth.

If you're asking what other cables you need, the rest are: others from your PSU maybe (GPU power), usb (which will be connected to the case or a reader), front panel lights/switches (connected to case), audio (connected to case), fans (connected to fans), and sata. Sata is usually the only one you might need to grab, though motherboards usually come with a couple.


If neither of these are what you were asking, please clarify.

 

[photonboy]

Get your motherboard manual, or download a copy if needed.

You almost always need that for things like the front Power Switch etc in the lower-right.