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power cables problem

power cables problem
« on: May 17, 2010, 10:08:25 am »
I went to a friend of mine today and tried to move his motherboard and stuff from his PC case ( white ) to my old one ( black ) . Stupid me forgot to look which cable goes where ( the HDD activity led , the power led , the power switch and the reset switch ) . i tried quite a few combinations and and didn't get any thing , just the LED's being constantly on which is not supposed to happen . What is the worst that could happen , besides burning the LED's . here are simo pictures : http://sharemobile.ro/file.php?id=493934 http://sharemobile.ro/file.php?id=493936 http://sharemobile.ro/file.php?id=493937 http://sharemobile.ro/file.php?id=493938 .... as i think , a good PC expert knows where to put any cable on ony motherboard .  I forgot to mention that it runs with an AMD AThlon at 1700 mhz on socket A ...
« Last Edit: May 17, 2010, 11:11:28 am by teo89ro »

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Re: power cables problem
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2010, 12:17:43 pm »
If you put the switch connections acrossthe wrong terminals you make a dead short which can kill the motherboard! My son did this recently and ended up replacing his setup.
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Re: power cables problem
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 12:51:03 pm »
Hi,

If you can locate the Mobo number and revision you can download the user manual from Gigabyte's site. The Manual will give you the correct header positions for your Chassis cables.

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