K7S5A setup

[baggins]

I am building a new system for my daughter based on the ECS K7S5A MB. On previous motherboards I have seen a 3 pin connector for connecting the power LED which properly mates to a 3-pin connector on the end of the power LED cable. However the instructions in the user's guide are somewhat compromised and I was able to deduce that connector pins 2 and 4 are reserved for this purpose. This is confirmed by the diagram ECS supplies on their web site. So I am left trying to figure out how to connect a 3-pin header to a 2 pin connector. Did ECS change the standard and not tell anyone? Does any other mfg. do this? Are their multiple standards? Yeccchhhh!

 

[gitrman]

When I used to use that motherboard I just plugged the reset button into the power pins and used that instead...

weird thing is my next door nieghbour has the old system (same case & mobo) and he has both buttons working properly...which is strange as he knows nothing about computers and knocks on my door to help him set up an e-mail account


When he's in next I'll take a look and post back here

 

[dhlucke]

<A HREF="http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/k7s5aguide/" target="_new">http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/k7s5aguide/</A>

Top notch info

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[lwj81]

Does your three pin header only have two wires?If so,just pull one wire out of the socket and put it in the empty one in the middle.

 

[baggins]

That's what I landed up doing, but I don't understand how these sorts of things aren't tied down in the ATX standard. Oh well...