Okay,.......that was DU-MB!
Lemme see,.......oh yeah!
Letters and words! !O_O!
(Wondered where my glasses were!)
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Motherboard photo, and detailed info below it. Scroll down.
Looking at the motherboard installed in the computer case:
1) To the right of the Ram Memory slots, and in the upper right corner, is the 20-pin ATX main power cable connector, on the motherboard.
Whitish connector with two columns of 10 socket holes.
A 20-pin ATX main power cable plugs in here,
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#atxmain20
Note the Lock on the side of the power cable's connector, (Middle photo, and right photo), and the Tab on the motherboard connector, (Left photo)
When the power cable is plugged in correctly, the hooked end of the Lock on the power cable's connector, will be hooked over the Tab on the motherboard connector.
2) Look at the bottom Left corner of the Processor socket. Note the three cylindrical objects. (Radial Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors)
Note the whitish square 4-socket hole connector below them.
This is where the 4-pin ATX +12 Volt power cable goes. It also has a Lock, just like the 20-pin ATX main power cable connector,
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#atx12v4
This is power for your Intel Pentium 4 processor.
3) To the Right of the Ram Memory slots, and located below the whitish 20-pin ATX main power cable connector, are the two IDE connectors. (Turquoise Blue)
One is for an IDE (PATA) harddrive, and one is for an IDE(PATA) optical drive. (CD/DVD drive)
The one on the outside near the edge of the motherboard, has IDE1 next to it.
It is for the Harddrive.
The one closer to the middle of the motherboard is IDE2.
It is for the optical drive. (Or drives { 2 } )
NOTE*
One side of those rectangular connectors has a cutout in the middle.
(Square U-shape cutout)
This is where the Locating Lug, on the flat ribbon IDE cable's connector, goes to.
It aligns Number 1 pin in the connector, with Number 1 wire, in the flat ribbon IDE cable.
IF, there is NO Locating Lug on the flat ribbon IDE cable;
On one side of the flat ribbon IDE cable is a thin RED stripe.
This stripe denotes the side that Number 1 wire is on,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nappe.svg
Looking at the rectangular IDE1 and IDE2 connectors, Number 1 pin is at the BOTTOM of those connectors.
(Motherboard installed in computer case)
On an IDE harddrive, Number 1 pin is ALWAYS towards the 4-pin power connector.
Same with an optical drive.
4) Since this is a motherboard, that has a RAID option for using multiple harddrives, I'm guessing the two Yellow rectangular connectors, below the two rectangular Turquoise Blue IDE connectors, is for more IDE harddrives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
5) Below the two Yellow IDE harddrive connectors is a Black rectangular connector.
This has 34 pins, and is for a Floppy Drive, IF a Floppy drive is used.
6) Below the Black Floppy Drive connector on the motherboard, is the Front Panel header.
The front of your computer is the Front Panel.
The area of contact pins on the motherboard, that the main wires from the Front Panel go to, is the Front Panel header.
What is needed here is a Front Panel header pinout.
Dunno. Photo isn't clear enough.
Looks like a Black rectangular strip of plastic, with 8 pins in a row.
4 pins, 3 spaces, 1 pin, 1 space, 3 pins.
Looking closely, (And you may need a bright light, and a magnifying glass), what are the abbreviations next to the pins, on the outside edge of the motherboard?
HDD = HarDDrive activity LED (Light)
PW = Power On switch
RST = Reset switch
PWLED, or close to that effect = Power On LED.
Post back in a Comment.
IF, it is just a row of single pins going across, I would use an LED light that has two wires on it.
Computer, (Power Supply actually), plugged into power, touch the two wires to the first two pins.
Nothing?
Go on.
When the Power Supply comes on you know you have the Power On switch pins (2)
Now go back through, but do not touch those pins again.
LED light blinks? = HarDDrive activity LED (Light)
LED light stays on? = Power On LED (Light)
Computer restarts? = Restart switch pins
7) To the left of the white long PCI slots, (There are 5 towards the bottom of the motherboard), are two small Black rectangular connectors. Each has 4 pins in it.
The one that has Audio, or CD, or CD-IN, is for the audio cable from the CD/DVD drive.
8) At the Top of the motherboard in-between the Processor socket, and black Ram Memory slots, is an Orangish connector with 3 pins. Should have CPU, or CPU_FAN next to it. This is where the Processor fan plugs in.
9) At the bottom/left, and below the two small black connectors with 4 pins in them, is an Orangish connector with 3 pins.
This should be for the computer case fan.
(SYS_FAN)
Additionally you may want to join this website, and ask them for the Front Panel header pinout, for your Abit BD711 motherboard,
http://www.theraptorpit.com/forum/index.php?/forum/124-abit-motherboard-tech-support-unofficial/
Finding information for an ABIT BD711 motherboard, is about as rare as finding hen's teeth.
I, and I'm sure 100's of people, would be in your debt, if you would post the Front panel header pinout for this motherboard.
Hope I have redeemed myself for the S.N.A.F.U. of the question asked in the Comment, lol!
Regards,
joecoolvette
Testimonial: "thanks,it ws really helpful. "
EDIT: I need to fire my proofreader. (WAIT! !O_O!, that's me!) "IF, there is NO Locating Lug on the flat ribbon IDE cable;", should be, "IF, there is NO Locating Lug on the flat ribbon IDE cable's CONNECTOR;" "On an IDE harddrive, Number 1 pin is ALWAYS towards the 4-pin power connector. Same with an optical drive." I should also include, "The red strip on the flat ribbon IDE cable goes TOWARDS the power connection, on the IDE harddrive, and on the optical drive." (The power cable that plugs into this connection of 4-pins, is a 4-pin Peripheral power cable )
You're welcome yenitan1! (How about the Front Panel header pinout? Get it figured out? Feel like posting it?)
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SOURCE: Mother Board connection
Go to the site below. Its a manual for the 800/i65GV group. Go to page 67 and zoom in. You'll get a nice look where everything goes. Two rows of pins. Upper row and bottom row. Real close to each other. Do not place connectors up to down. Connect only left to right.
The reset connector has two pins. One will be white or black. These are - grounds. So connect it to the bottom row onto the most right two pins. Moving to your left. Skip one pin. Take the Power Switch a two pin connector. Remember Black & White is ground & ground goes to your right for both rows of Mb pins.
http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800/e1324_p4p800.pdf
Go to IDE_LED next. Its the last two pins towards your most left of the bottom row of pins. Move to the upper row & the power LED. Same as the bottom row keping the grounds to your right. Lastly is the speaker. Its connector holds four pins but you only use two. One in each end.
Good luck & please vote....
SOURCE: Compaq for Evo D300 Motherboard
The link is helpful but does not show how to wire the power switch, power led, hdd led and reset switch. Need this information to transfer board to another case.
SOURCE: Instruction Manual
it looks like your building up a new PC, but you have to very careful, you can refer to the system board manual for the installation of hardware,now once u finished that, you may now proceed to installation of your device software, you can do that first by installing the OS - XP by setting up the CD rom drive as first boot in the CMOS/BIOS then you follow what the screen tells you, you can check this link for guidelines http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
hope this help you out. :)
SOURCE: Connection of DVD writer having SATA cable
The blue ports on this motherboard are SATA ports.
This is a SATA cable:
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Do not have access to the manual, but what information do you need? Post back in a Comment.
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