My front panel ports are not working?

Elliott Dance

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Im using a zalman z9 case with a Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard and the front panel port just dont seem to work any ideas? if there is any other information you need be sure to post a reply and ill reply
 
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Also, I found this from an earlier forum post I made and thought it might be useful for you:

"Connecting the front panel connectors is a job that is much simpler than it seems. You may need your motherboard manual for a close up diagram for your motherboard connections but apart from that, its very easy.

Firstly, I would advise doing the LED's first because the + and - DO matter for these. The switches (marked as SW) are much easier because they don't matter which way round they go.

It is simple.... connect the + pin to the...


Make sure you have connected them correctly. The USB 2 ports have a black block connector that should go the motherboard where it says 'usb'. Reference your m/b manual for the exact location. The USB2 connector has one pin missing which corresponds to the motherboard connector. Check that it is conected properly. Same is if its a USB 3 connector. This has a wider more rectangular shape and this has a slot on one edge so that it can also only be inserted one way. Check its the right way.

Next, go to device manager in windows and then plug a device such as a memory stick into the front panel and check if it shows up there. If it comes with an exclamation, that means its detected but doesn't have drivers.

For the rest of the front panel connectors, can you please post a picture of your header connnections so we can check if they are correctly connected??

Hope this helps
 


Also, I found this from an earlier forum post I made and thought it might be useful for you:

"Connecting the front panel connectors is a job that is much simpler than it seems. You may need your motherboard manual for a close up diagram for your motherboard connections but apart from that, its very easy.

Firstly, I would advise doing the LED's first because the + and - DO matter for these. The switches (marked as SW) are much easier because they don't matter which way round they go.

It is simple.... connect the + pin to the + pin on the mother board. On each of your connectors, if you look closely, you will see a small arrow on the black plastic ... this arrow is on the + pin.

1) THE HDD LED : the red wire is the pin that is +. Connect this to the bottom left pins on your motherboard. Make sure you align the + pin with the + pin on the motherboard. In your case it is the one on the most left.

2) THE LARGER POWER LED CONNECTOR : This goes to the bottom right of your motherboard connectors, just as it is labelled. The blue wire is the + pin. Align this with the left most pin, on the bottom right set, on your motherboard.

3)THE SMALLER POWER LED CONNECTOR : This goes to the top left of your motherboard connectors, where it is labelled " +PLED- ". Unfortunately both wires are white, so I cant tell which is +. You need to look for the small arrow on the plastic connector. The + pin goes to the most top left pin on your motherboard connectors.

4) RESET SW + POWER SW : These are the easiest to install. The + and - doesn't matter. Just align the whole connector with the corresponding connector on your motherboard. ( You should understand what I mean, by now :) ) The Power SW goes to the pins labelled " + PW- " and the Reset SW goes to the "- RES + "

Don't worry... if you get the connectors in the wrong place or you get the polarity wrong. It will not damage your computer..... the switch/ led just wont work ... that's it. So if you see that something isn't working, try swapping the connector around and make sure it is in the right place.

This video might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2y30bIejE "
 
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