Front panel connector woes

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I am in the process of installing the front panel connector on my HP Pavilion
6636 into a newer case.

With the way the pins are laid out on this mobo, it is not your standard
board. The 8 single pins line up in a one line with the 4th pin not in use.

While tearing off the HP connector, I noticed they only utilized 6 pin
connections. They are in 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th in two's.

After looking over the HP diagram in the link below, I have had a difficult
time trying to decipher how to do this:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...ct=57648&lang=en&cc=us&docname=bph07169#N2942

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Hello Ryan,

The link you provided shows the front panel pin layout. In your new case (I
am assuming from your post that this is a 3rd party case not HP - please
correct me if I am wrong).

In your new case, you should find some pins for the power button, reset
switch, HD LED, etc... They should be marked pretty clearly. Once you have
found these connectors, you simply have to just match them the the header on
the motherboard. For example, connect the power switch (may be labled as PWR
SW or something similar) to the header labeld 'ATX power switch'. Connect
the reset switch (may be labled as RESET) to the reset header labled 'Reset
Switch', etc.... Just be sure to get the polarity (+/-) correct. *Usually*
the +'s are the colored wires, and the -'s are either black or white. All
the cases I have are different when it comes to the wire colouring. Also,
there may be a manual with the case that will elaborate on the connectors.

Although, the pins on the HP motherboard look non-standard, the *spacing* is
standard and should fit your new case just fine. The only issue my be the
power LED, there appears to be an extra pin - this may be if your power LED
changes colour when you put the computer into sleep mode. Most 3rd party
cases no not have a Power LED that changes colour. So, in your new case the
light may simply turn off. However, I don't see any other issues that should
arise here.

I hope this gets you on the right track. Let us know if you need anymore
help!
 
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