How to connect motherboard to power button?

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sorryboi

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Greetings. I have just bought a new case to shove all my parts in. I have mostly set my hardware up in the case. In the case are cables labeled POWER LED+, POWER LED-, H.D.D LED ± are the smaller ones. There is also a cable labeled HD/Audio, and at last a bigger cable labeled USB 3.0. What do they do? How do i connect my mboard to the power button on the front panel? How do i get the LEDs on the fans and the fans (on the case) working, etc.
 
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They are not at all important. I just use Power Switch and Reset Switch. LEDs are what they sound like, a LED lights up when there is power to the PC and another LED lights up when there is HDD activity.
Pretty pointless. As if you can't hear when the PC is on and as if you can't tell when you are using the HDD.
Even then, knowing you use HDD has no purpose at all.
I have tried putting the power sv in everyone one and powering on the button but none work. By the way, i think i know what your meant by black and blue. The f board ports are black and there is a 2x2 and a 2x1 blue ports right next to it. They're labeled CMOS + PW
 
I continued holding the power button and pushed on the mother board cable and the cpu fan began spinning. I want to mention that the gpu fan didn't spin the first or second time, which is why the display isn't working. why isn't the gpu fan spinning? it is the 1050ti so it doesn't need an external power connector
 
I couldn't take it out. I eventually did. I couldn't put it back in. I eventually did. Now, onto the other cables. What about the Reset sv, hdd led, and the power leds, what do they do and how important are they, where do i put them?
 
They are not at all important. I just use Power Switch and Reset Switch. LEDs are what they sound like, a LED lights up when there is power to the PC and another LED lights up when there is HDD activity.
Pretty pointless. As if you can't hear when the PC is on and as if you can't tell when you are using the HDD.
Even then, knowing you use HDD has no purpose at all.
 
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