P4C800-E Deluxe POWER LED to ANTEC P160 Case

[anonymous]

The pin configuration is not the same to make the power LED connection
to the case. Has anyone had the same problem and how did they solve
it?

JACK

 

[David P. Greer]

The pin configuration is not the same to make the power LED connection
to the case. Has anyone had the same problem and how did they solve
it?

JACK

You're right - the PLED lead in the Antec P160 case comes with a 2-pin
connector (probably a manufacturing error) while the motherboard needs a
3-pin connector with an empty middle pin.

My P160 came this way as well. I solved it by using a needle to
carefully work the ground lead (white) out of the 2-pin connector. Then
I took one of the 1-pin connectors from the firewire cable, which I'm
not using, and removed the plastic connector cover from the lead. I
placed the white ground lead into this single pin connector.

Then I attached the 2-pin connector (which now only has the green + lead
in it) to the motherboard connector, and attached the 1-pin connector
(which has the white - lead in it) right next to it.

Works like a charm.

Good luck with yours.

 

[Intel Inside]

Ditto

You're right - the PLED lead in the Antec P160 case comes with a 2-pin
connector (probably a manufacturing error) while the motherboard needs a
3-pin connector with an empty middle pin.

My P160 came this way as well. I solved it by using a needle to carefully
work the ground lead (white) out of the 2-pin connector. Then I took one
of the 1-pin connectors from the firewire cable, which I'm not using, and
removed the plastic connector cover from the lead. I placed the white
ground lead into this single pin connector.

Then I attached the 2-pin connector (which now only has the green + lead
in it) to the motherboard connector, and attached the 1-pin connector
(which has the white - lead in it) right next to it.

Works like a charm.

Good luck with yours.