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Antec Sonata II LCD lights

otakupato

Junior Member
I just put together my new computer into an Antec Sonata II case. I heard all these horrible things about the LCD's on the front panel about how they are too bright. The only problem I have is that I cannot even find the cables that one would have to plug in to turn it on.

Cables and wires from the front panel that I have found:
Reset SW, which is plugged into the RESET connector on my Asus a8n-e
Power LED, which is plugged into the PWRSW connector
Speaker, which is pluggged into SPEAKER
HDD LED, which is plugged into IDE_LED
The USB connector that is connected to the USB header pin
The standard DCpower cable that can connect to the power supply, and which I assume would be to just to make the front connectors powered?
A Firewire cable that isn't plugged into anything because the Asus a8n-e doesn't support Firewire (which doesn't bother me)

In the Sonata II user manual, they make reference to two connectors that are labeled LED I and LED II. Even after removing all the hard drive cages and the air filter I have been unable to find them. I believe that these are the things I would need to turn on the front panel LEDs, and in doing so I would go blind, but they just are not showing up anywhere. That doesn't even bring up the fact that I can't even find out where to plug them in, if I knew where they were to begin with.
 
OH, heh, thanks stevty and Horus. You are both right, and the lights are now on. I was connecting the female molex from the lcd's into the male end that was coming off my intake fan (yes the intake is running). That would explain why I didn't have any lights - no power! The case is now shining a happy blue, and yes, its not as bright as I had thought.

Thanks!
 
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