Where plugs are z87-g43

SneakyRed

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I need to know where the following connectors/plugs/what ever they are: power led+ and- hdd led power sw and where do I plug in fans? Sorry for my poor pc knowledge I am pretty new
 
download or open your motherboard cd that came with the motherboard on it will be a owners guild wiht a pdf file of where the wires go.
to help you with the mb pointed the right way into the case. on the outside edge is an eight pin power plug.
near the cpu will be one or two cpu fan plugs four pins. it say cpu_fan cpu_fan1 or opti_fan. put the cpu fan on fan_0 or cpu_fan.
the case fans will plug into system_fan plugs.
your satas ports will have number starting from 0-6. put the hard drive or ssd on port 0. the next hard drive or ssd on port 1. then the cd-rom on port 2. some motherboard have 3 party sata chipset make sure your on the intel ports.
on one edge will be the 24 pin atx power.
on the outside edge most times is the cmos clear jumper.firewire or 13xx port.. usb 3.0 and 2.0 ports and the mb power/reset/hard drive case header and front sound header.
the hard drive and power led wires should have a plus and or - n one of the wires. on the mb guild it should you what pins are the plus and neg pins. if you put the led on the wrong pins they wont light up.
 


I do not have the board! I do not need the manual (which usually comes as a paper copy with the board) so why do you who has the board look up the illustrations in the manual which shows exactly how it is connected!
 
from msi photo...the bottom of the photo by msi brick logo..sata 6g ports...system 3 fan...usb 3.0 the blue port for front usb header for cases that have usb 3.0 case ports. 24 pin atx power plug.
case fan two port next to the black ram slot.
page 1-7 the user guild the cpu-1 fan on the top edge of the mb right above the cpu.
first system fan port is next to the audio ports in the middle of the mb.
jaudio1 the fist port on the bottom edge is the front audio header for the front of the case.
the next two jt and the lpt port are not used. lpt1 is for a printer port. jcom1 is com port that most times is not used any more.
jusb1 and jusb2 are your usb 2.0 ports (keyed).
jfpt1 is front case panel wire header.