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Hello, I'm trying to build my new PC and I'm lost on where the USB 3.0 front I/O from the Corsair 400c connects into my Asus z270f motherboard? If anyone can help me I'd appreciate! Thanks!
Your case should have the following basic front panel cables coming out of it :
The largest of the cables (at the rightmost in the above photo) is the
USB3.0 (19-pin) cable, used to connect your case's 2x USB3.0 front panel I/O ports. This cable is connected on your motherboard's USB3.0 internal header (also a 19-pin header), labelled as "
USB3_34",
located just below the screw hole near the center of the photo of the motherboard shown below. This cable only goes in one way, so, check the orientation of the 19-pin socket against the 19-pin header so you won't break any pins.
The first 5 small cables in the photo of the cables above, i.e., the "
POWER SW" (2-pin), the "
RESET SW" (2-pin), the "
-P LED" (1-pin), the "
+P LED" (1-pin), and the "
(+) (-) H.D.D. LED" (2-pin), will all be connected to your motherboard's Front Panel Header (a 17-pin header), which is lablled as "
PANEL",
located at the bottom-right corner of your motherboard (just beneath the bottom-right screw mounting hole as shown in the photo above).
This header is a group of pins (it's a 20-pin group but only with 17 actual pins), that looks like this:
[o][o][o][o][x][o][o][o][o][o]
[o][o][o][o][o][o][x][o][x][o]
* where: o = pins; x = no pin
The first 4 pins at the top row and the first 4 pins at the bottom row is where you will connect those front panel cables:
[o][o][o][o][x][o][o][o][o][o]
[o][o][o][o][o][o][x][o][x][o]
You will connect the:
+P LED, at the
left |
-P LED at the
right -->
[o][o] |
[o][o] <--
PWR SW, (+) or (-) orientation
does not matter
HDD LED, (
+) at the
left, (
-) at the
right -->
[o][o] |
[o][o] <--
RESET SW, (+) or (-) orientation
does not matter
The middle-sized cable shown in the photo above, labelled "
HD AUDIO" (9-pin), is used to connect your case's Audio/Mic Jacks. This cable is connected to your motherboard's HD Audio header, labelled as "
AAFP", which is
located near the bottom left corner of your board shown in the photo below. The cable only goes in one way, so, check the orientation of the 9-pin socket against the 9-pin header so you won't break any pins.
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