Anyone know where I can find a guide for the FRONT PANEL AUDIO connector pins on the TJ03?

[EvilRage]

I'll be building my new computer soon, and when I opened up the case to check everything out, I noticed the front panel connectors are mysteriously labeled, and I have NO idea what connects to what... Will be installing a A8N-SLI Deluxe in this thing, and I just need to figure out how to connect all the oddly-labeled front panel connectors. If anyone can help me, or even point me to a guide, that would be awesome! thanks.

 

[Mrvile]

They're all labeled the same (at least should be). The guide that comes with your mobo should tell you all you need to know.

 

[EvilRage]

yeah, just looked through my mobo's manual, and it looks like each individual pin that's marked matches the names on the pins from the front panel... well shit... now i just have to figure out how to connect them to the mobo individually without breaking my wrist... hmm... well hopefully the spacier case will make it easier than last time.

 

[fireontheway]

very nice case.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: EvilRage
yeah, just looked through my mobo's manual, and it looks like each individual pin that's marked matches the names on the pins from the front panel... well shit... now i just have to figure out how to connect them to the mobo individually without breaking my wrist... hmm... well hopefully the spacier case will make it easier than last time.

I've found that the easiest way to plug them in when they are like that is to group them into the right order outside of the case, and then plug them into the motherboard as a block. Its still annoying to have to do, but easier than trying to put them in one by one

 

[EvilRage]

Originally posted by: CheesePoofs

Originally posted by: EvilRage
yeah, just looked through my mobo's manual, and it looks like each individual pin that's marked matches the names on the pins from the front panel... well shit... now i just have to figure out how to connect them to the mobo individually without breaking my wrist... hmm... well hopefully the spacier case will make it easier than last time.

I've found that the easiest way to plug them in when they are like that is to group them into the right order outside of the case, and then plug them into the motherboard as a block. Its still annoying to have to do, but easier than trying to put them in one by one

The hard part about that is keeping them together as a group. I tried that with my other case, it had maybe one connector where the pins weren't grouped... and even that sucked.

 

[L00PY]

Wrap a small strip of tape around the block of pins. If it's an "odd" shape, wrap the tape around a block of them, then another bit around the extra pin.

 

[akira34]

If you want to go that route, why not just use a dab of superglue (or model glue) to connect them to each other once you have them all connected properly? Of course, doing that means that the case is locked into that mobo (make and model) since each different model seems to have slightly different locations for each connection.

I've found that if you do the connections closest to the bottom of the case first, it makes things easies. Just look at the markings on the mobo to make sure you have the + - wires in the correct spot and it should be easy.

Since I know I'll be using my current case through at least a few mobo's, I'm not going to lock the connections into a block. Maybe if I was using the case for a server build I would, but not for a system where I know I'll be changing mobo's in 12-18 months.

 

[EvilRage]

Well, I compared all the internal connectors to the connectors on my other case, and to ones on a couple of firewire/usb adapters i had laying around, and managed to get all the pins on for those. However, now I'm stumped.

The TJ03 has an odd connector for front panel audio. The A8N-SLI has a clearly marked front panel audio port, however, the only two pins that have matching descriptions are 'mic in' and 'mic power', and while having a working mic is a step in the right direction, not having working headphones would blow. Do I remove the jumpers on the mobo and connect the pins on the connector? or leave the jumpers, and connect the pins differently? anyone know? I'm lost on this one.