Help w/ motherboard headers

svenge

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I was thinking of getting a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum in conjuction with a Cooler Master Centurion 5 case, but when I got the front-panel pinouts off both manuals they don't exactly match. Is it just different terminology for the same things or would the case's front panel wiring and the motherboard headers be incompatible? I transcribed the pinouts below with the ones I'm not sure of in bold:

FIREWIRE CONNECTOR
## ## (--CASE--) vs (--MOBO--)
01 02 (TPA+; TPA-) vs (TPA+; TPA-)
03 04 (GND; GND) vs (GND; GND)
05 06 (TPB+; TPB-) vs (TPB+; TPB-)
07 08 (+12V; +12V) vs (PWR; PWR)
09 10 (NONE; GND) vs (NONE; GND)

USB2.0 CONNECTOR
## ## (--CASE--) vs (--MOBO--)
01 02 (USB+5V; USB+5V) vs (VCC; VCC)
03 04 (LP-; LP-) vs (USB0-; USB1-)
05 06 (LP+; LP+) vs (USB1+; USB1+)

07 08 (GND; GND) vs (GND; GND)
09 10 (NONE; NC) vs (NONE; USBOC)

FRONT PANEL AUDIO## ## (--CASE--) vs (--MOBO--)
01 02 (MIC IN; GND) vs (AUD_MIC; AUD_GND)
03 04 (MIC PWR; +5V) vs (AUD_MIC_BIAS; AUD_VCC)
05 06 (LINEOUT-R; B-LINEOUT-R) vs (AUD_FPOUT_R; AUD_RET_R)
07 08 (NC; NONE) vs (HP_ON; NONE)
09 10 (LINEOUT-L; B-LINEOUT-L) vs (AUD_FPOUT_L; AUD_RET_L)

This is my first build, so I'm trying to smooth out any problems before I actually make the purchase. If anyone could help me out with this (especially with the meanings of "NC", "HP_ON" and "USBOC", that would be great.
 

Feign

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Everything looks fine. Case companies finally figured out that this kind of thing is a standard and generally they'll not screw it up outright.

You may want to get a smallish pocketknife and learn how to de-pin those connectors in case you do have to swap them around. They're tricky bastards but you shouldn't have any problems.

NC should be Not Connected. HP_ON ??? and USBOC is something I can't decipher.

99.44% sure you should be just fine when you hook everything up. Sometimes they're color-coded even.
 

Zepper

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Yes, it's just terminology. Just avoid hooking +5 to ground and you'll be OK.

.bh.