Front panel header - what pins to connect the speaker to?

[MichaelD]

I'm building my first mini-ITX system. The Via VB7001G motherboard came with no manual; I had to look it up on the net.

IMO, the FP description SUCKS wind. I did a lot of educated guessing and much to my surprise I did not let the smoke out AND it booted up the first time. :thumbsup:

But I can't figure out what pins to connect the speaker to b/c it appears that there's a + connection but no - connection.

Think about this; pins 4-14 and pins 5-7 are all connected to something already and everything works perfectly.

That leaves pins 9-15. Only pin 13 is marked as "live".

To top it off, the speaker connector for my case has a 4-pin connector and the wires are connected to pins 1 and 4 in the connector. I know how to rearrange the wires in the speaker connector if need be.

I'd really like to have the speaker connected. Anyone have any ideas?

VB7001G_FP_headers.JPG

 

[Viper GTS]

Split the speaker connector & pick any of the ground pins.

Viper GTS

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Split the speaker connector & pick any of the ground pins.

Viper GTS

Thanks for the reply.

So the Speaker + connection goes to Pin 13, but where does the - connection go? Pin 12's already in use by the reset switch. I guess I could splice the wire, right? Or disconnect the Reset switch. Hmm.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Split the speaker connector & pick any of the ground pins.

Viper GTS

Thanks for the reply.

So the Speaker + connection goes to Pin 13, but where does the - connection go? Pin 12's already in use by the reset switch. I guess I could splice the wire, right? Or disconnect the Reset switch. Hmm.

You have at least one free ground pin right?

Take a pair of wire cutters & snip the speaker lead in half (leaving you two sides with one wire each). + to the marked speaker connection, ground to any ground.

Viper GTS

 

[MichaelD]

Yeah, I can find a ground somewhere...probably just splice into the reset wire...should be fine. Thanks.