Hi, I am not particularly good with wiring diagrams, due to a spatial learning disability.
I bought a:
SYBA IEEE 1394a FireWire PCI Card with Internal 9-pin Header Model SD-VIA-FW1E1H
I want to connect the Fire wire on the front panel of my Case to the 9-pin internal header on the card.
The internal 9-pin Header diagram connections are:
TPA (light blue wire)
TPA + (light pink wire)
TPB (light green wire)
TPB + (dark pink wire)
VP (white wire)
VG (shiny black wire) GND (dull black wire)
I am NOT sure 100% how to connect the front panel connectors to the 9-pin internal Header. I am concerned about the color coding of the wires and where to connect the
VP (white wire) (guessing power?)
VG (shiny back wire) (guessing ground?)
From what I have read on the internet, if you don’t connect them properly you can fry the PCI card.
This may help: http://www.frontx.com/cpx105_2.html Looks like the VG shiny black goes to pins 3/4, and the (shielding?)ground GND goes to pin 10. The VP would go to 7/8.
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I appreciate the feedback.
I mainly bought the PCI card so I can have fire wire access to the port on the front of the Case since there is no fire wire on the Motherboard.
What concerns me is, the color coding of the plug-in plugs from the front case seem backwards from all the diagrams I have seen. Most diagrams show the blue wire as TPA+ and. The diagram for my case shows the pink wire as TPA+ and the blue wire as TPA. What concerns me is the color coding wires and I don't want to fry anything by hooking it incorrectly.
Any thoughts on the wire colors?
If you notice the wireing diagram the Mondoman linked doesn't have a Pink wire. Go with what it's states the signal the wire carries is rather than the color and you should be fine. There is no guarantee that all companies use the same colored wires for the same thing.
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