HDLED, PWRBTN, Front USB ETC. [contains photos]

Well, my friends motherboard died so Im fitting the new one her father bought, some ASRock crap, and I cant understand the manual or the labelling of the ports on the motherboard :Oops:

Also, their crappy ass case has side USB ports, I've never fitted these myself and the "EZ Upgrade" motherboard is turning out to be harder than expected :rant:

Please see cables and motherboard photos and assist to what should go where, lol! Many thanks guys :rockon:

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00614.JPG

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00620.JPG

and the following

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00623.JPG

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00626.JPG

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00622.JPG

Thanks again guys! :bowdown:

I find the best thing you can do with USB connectors is make a block by taping them together with electrical tape. As for labelling:

+5V = Power
+D = P+
-D = P-
Ground = GND

Just make sure the (1) and (2) connectors are all on the same line in the right order. Plug Shield into dummy.

Your power and reset connectors want to go over their respective pins and a ground pin, so reset switch goes onto RESET and GND.

The LEDs need the right polarity. On the side of the HDD and Power LED connectors that don't have the writing on, you will see a little black arrow. That signifies the positive pin - match that up to the respective positive terminal on the motherboard.

That help?

You won't get a power on light with that connector i'm afraid.

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Originally Posted by yamangman

You won't get a power on light with that connector i'm afraid.

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Fair point, didn't spot that!

If you really want the power light to work - cut the connector in half with a stanley knife so that you can fit it over the two pins. Stupidly fiddly, I know!

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Originally Posted by Kez

Fair point, didn't spot that!

If you really want the power light to work - cut the connector in half with a stanley knife so that you can fit it over the two pins. Stupidly fiddly, I know!

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No need!

The connectors pop out, so you can just rearrange them and leave an empty one on the left.

Guess I've only dealt with really pap connectors that just break if you try that. :(

Yeah when I was putting it together I noticed that, thanks for the help.

Its not my PC so Im saying screw it :D Its a poo case and motherboard they have anyway so its their own fault, h0h0.

Everythings great, except they have an asshat Samsung SpinPoint drive with a million different jumper variations. Its 80gb, or 60, cant remember exactly, so I obviously chose the "Over 37gb Master" settings, and get the following error. Checked bios and everything so I have no idea what the problem is :inquisiti . See picture below

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00627.JPG

:eek:

Is the CMOS jumper set to clear? Also have you been into the BIOS to load and then save default settings?

I tried the default settings, same message.

The CMOS clear pins has no jumper.. what does that mean? :P

You'll have to read the manual to find that one out, but my guess is you short it to clear, so right now it's in normal mode.

It must be a configuration setting of some sort (jumper or bios) causing that error.

I recall reading the words short and clear with some, for once, informative diagrams, I'll go give it a go :P I appreciate the help Kez :D

Nope same problem again, shorted the CMOS jumper, cleared it, reset defaults, reboot, reset defaults again to make sure, not working :(

You got any other hard drives you can bang in there to rule that out?

Well, I plugged the drive in (before I replaced mobo) to get documents off in another PC, but I got an identical error on a MSI board. Thinking about it this probably means its the jumper settings?

Ill post more pics of the current jumper settings and the layout specified by Samsung in a mo :)

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00631.JPG

Current jumper settings, I cant take a photo of the guide on the HD itself because its too small, and the page for samsungs jumper settings is down, damn legacy products! :rant: Its a Samsung SV8004H

Please heeeelp :(

http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...rsguide_02.htm

Should help

Yeah, me and Kez sat and followed that guide, got two different errors with different configs. One was "Disk Boot Failure" and the other was one about the drive being slave and not master O_o

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Originally Posted by Tobeman

Nope same problem again, shorted the CMOS jumper, cleared it, reset defaults, reboot, reset defaults again to make sure, not working :(

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Did you disconnect the main power lead when you reset the bios, if not then it will not clear.

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Originally Posted by ultimate

Did you disconnect the main power lead when you reset the bios, if not then it will not clear.

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Dunno where you heard this but it's wrong.

/me sobs im out of ideas

Master
http://erms.samsungelectronics.com/c...4/svmaster.gif
Slave
http://erms.samsungelectronics.com/c...14/svslave.gif
CSEL
http://erms.samsungelectronics.com/c.../14/svcsel.gif

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Originally Posted by yamangman

You won't get a power on light with that connector i'm afraid.

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You what?

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Originally Posted by pudds

Master
http://erms.samsungelectronics.com/c...4/svmaster.gif
Slave
http://erms.samsungelectronics.com/c...14/svslave.gif
CSEL
http://erms.samsungelectronics.com/c.../14/svcsel.gif

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Thanks, I tried those however they didnt work, any of them, I tried every vertical 1 jumper setting possible, some came up with the following message:

http://toby.bobakey.net/hannahsmotherboard/DSC00634.JPG

Shame, I appear to have found every other configuration except master :inquisiti :heckle:

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Originally Posted by Howard

You what?

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Don't worry, I only posted that 6 years ago and it's been covered.

Oh yeah. Well I'm dreadfully sorry I didn't notice the other replies

I detect sarcasm and I dont like it :P

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Originally Posted by Howard

Oh yeah. Well I'm dreadfully sorry I didn't notice the other replies

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That's quite okay. Don't let it happen again.

I won't, boss.

Ok now we really are straying off topic, lol :(