Re: Case mobo connectors.
If u got it wrong then it simply wont work =)
Re: Case mobo connectors.
probably not the reassurance you're after, but I'd be surprised if it did any damage - I think it's all lower power stuff (based on the flimsiness of the wires!). Google suggests the power one isn't polarity specific, and that would've been the one I would worry about. (Edit: & the case led one is polarity specific though - took me 2 months before I realised the power led on my new build wasn't working...)
someone who knows what they're talking about will come along soon :)
Re: Case mobo connectors.
Light Emitting Diodes only let current flow one way otherwise it has a very high resistance and the resistance drops once a voltage of 0.6V-0.7V is reached.
Re: Case mobo connectors.
LED's are diode's so electricity will only pass through them one way, so have it the wrong way it simply wont work, have it the right way and viola you have light
As for the power on switch all that is needed is for a connection to be created so again there is no specific way round it should go, and the reset switch works the same just in reverse, breaking the circuit momentarily rather than making it.
EDIT: Beaten to it lol
Re: Case mobo connectors.
It's weird they are not more specific on the leads themselves. I could hunt down my old manual and see exactly what pins are marked as but it is a waste of time if the leads are not as specific.
I would have thought getting it the right way around would be important though even though they are low power?
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Light Emitting Diodes only let current flow one way ...
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ConTRo13R
LED's are diode's so electricity ...
told you someone would know what they were talking about :)
Re: Case mobo connectors.
Are the wires different colours? Usually if there's a bunch of black, or a bunch of white ones, and the rest are different colours, then the one there's most of will be ground / - .
Re: Case mobo connectors.
Well usually the leads are colour coded (Black is +ve IIRC- don't quote me on that).
Re: Case mobo connectors.
black's -ve, red's +ve. but in headers, +ve's usually a bunch of different colours, -ve's usually black or white.
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I think there were black and white ones.
Does anyone else on this forum feel this is something you would really need to know?
If you worked for Scan computers and built computers for customers, how do they train you to go about this when building PCs?
Re: Case mobo connectors.
Probs just the power/reset switches, and (if your case has one) the speacker, as these can go in both ways.
If speacker, there will possibly be 4 wires, or space for 4 wires
Re: Case mobo connectors.
>> Does anyone else on this forum feel this is something you would really need to know?
i did a couple years ago ;) fwiw i think i got some the wrong way round anyway and as said above, they still worked. anyway... are they all just black and white? in which case black is probably ground.