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Which way should I plug in the cord for the front panel buttons?

I've been working on building my own PC, and I'm trying to plug in the plugs for the front panel buttons. In the manual for the motherboard, it tells me what each pin does specifically, and I know where to put each one. However, for the buttons on the front of the case (which have 2 pins grouped together, I'm not quite sure which way I need to put it in. The only hint I can see is that on the back of the plug, an arrow points to one of the two pins. Would this be the pin that has ground, or something else? If someone can help me figure out what the arrow means, I'll have no issue putting the rest together. Thanks.

No manual was included in the case.

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  • jeney463 Feb 26, 2009

    ASRock A780GXE

  • jeney463 Feb 27, 2009

    I understand where to place the cables on the motherboard. However, I don't understand which direction some of them should go in (particularly the ones for the front, mainly the power and reset buttons). The issue is that each one has 2 pins, which are clearly labeled in the motherboard documentation.



    I believe (for the power button, for example). One pin is for the button, and the other is for ground. However, I don't know which way it goes. Does it matter? On the plug (coming from the front of the case) it only says something along the lines of "Pwr button", and doesn't label each individual pin. The only distinction is that there is a tiny arrow pointing to one of the pins. Is that arrow pointing to ground or the other pin?

  • jeney463 Feb 27, 2009

    Ok, one more thing, do I need to connect power to the SLI / XFIRE connector if I'm not using crossfire?

  • jeney463 Feb 27, 2009

    Thanks for all of your help.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    what motherboard do you use?

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The manual is available from this link.
it will contain diagrams of where to put the cables.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/manual.asp?Model=A780GXE/128M&s=AM2%2b

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  • Anonymous Feb 27, 2009

    white is ground, the coloured lead will be power

  • Anonymous Feb 27, 2009

    no. only connect power to what you use and need.

  • Anonymous Feb 27, 2009

    my pleasure. i'm here to help.

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