Lenovo h520s PC case upgrade to ATX case or Micro ATX case

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Will the front panel connectors from the enforcer fit into my motherboards front panel header??, I'm really worried that it wont.
 




Here is my front panel header, (The black one), it doesn't have any indication of where things go or any + or - signs I'm really worried the case wont work.....
 
Unfortunately the pic does not provide enough detail for me to help. No other pics I can find on-line either, but still looking.
It's possible only one of the led connector labels specifies the positive side, they would expect you to infer which is positive on the other or it may say led (anode) for the positive side
 


How will I connect the front panel cables, Will this whole case swap not even work??
 
sorry, don't mean to be so demanding, but do you know how I would connect the front panel connectors into my type of front panel header?, or is that the the thing you're researching?
 


If the front panel header doesn't fit is there some sort of adapter?, Oh and how is it going with the researching? Any lck, let me know as soon as please!! :)
 
Well, a little more luck but nothing I can say for sure yet, your connector only uses six wires which means there's only power and reset switches and (I'm going to guess) an HDD activity light (could be a power light) - you'll be able to bundle away the unused front panel cable. Their wire color scheme does not help either - I might have it... but you'll need to let me know if this is correct... you have a power light, and an HDD activity indicator light and a power switch but no reset switch... Is that correct?
 


Yes that is correct, does that mean I need to bundle away the reset switch cable?
 
Nope, the motherboard has pins for the reset switch also (hopefully it'll function) but I found nothing for the motherboard speaker (that'll get put away I think) - anyway here's your pinout (colors used for simplicity)
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Red are HDD activity, bottom one is positive, Green is Power indicator, right one of those is positive, the yellow and blue are Reset and power respectively and have no polarity
Whoohoo, you should be golden
 


Haha!
 
1) In-Win generic (Intel Pent D rig), 2) Rosewill Redbone (AMD B55 rig), 3) Rosewill Challenger (Intel i5 gaming rig) and my newest, a MountainMods UFO which won't be completed until later this year. There should be (I often forget to photo-document so no guarantees) a build log to go with that once it gets further as all wiring and many parts will be custom (one of my primary goals for that build is to have no wires/cables visible). Hopefully, it'll be a competition piece when completed
At the moment, I don't have any You-tube downloads let alone a channel but now that you bring it up, that may be something to consider for my build log here - I'll have to look into that, thanks, hadn't even thought along those lines
 


Just one more thing, Where would my hard drive go in the cm storm I think my optical drive would go into the front bit but I am not sure where the hard drive would go, Help?