How to power the blue ring

[jimmyj68]

Got my system all together and discovered the connector for the front bezel blue ring lighting system is a two pin connector. Also then realized that the adapter I had seen in many reviews of this case is where the two pin connector goes and the other end of the adapter goes to a molex. I don't have that adapter - it didn't come with my case and there is no reference to it in the case literature. The Egg says we don't know what to tell you - we ship the product to you the way it comes from the folks at Lian Li. Have you ever tried to contact Lian Li? Their web is useless as a contact point - filling out their inquiry message sender gets you nothing (apparently doesn't work) and their Lian Li Club forum pages get you PORN. Oh - their phone is always busy.

Anyone else have a similar problem or have this case and know something I don't know about connecting power to the bezel lighting? I hate to dismantle everything and RMA the case because I might just get another case just like this one and still won't know how to connect that light (besides, it is a lot of work to pull everything out of the case and it is working beautifully without the light - and I replaced all of the case fans with Scythe slipstreams).

 

[BassBomb]

Are you sure it doesnt just hook to PLED or IDELED on motherboard headers?

 

[Old Hippie]

Is it like this one?

 

[jimmyj68]

By what I see in the reviews it's like a little brick -wire and molex on one end and apparently a two pin connector on the other. One of the reviews says Lian Li does this because 3.3 or 5 volt PSU power would burn out the LED. It's big enough that they

I didn't know there was a two pin LED/PLED connector on a motherboard other than the standard front panel connections. I have a new Intel DP35PM board - no sign of such a connector on it.

There is a two pin connector for the chassis intrusion notifier and they picture a lighted red light but I have no clue how that system works, never used it.

 

[Old Hippie]

Now I see says the blind Old Hippie.

Here's a pic.

Never seen anything like it.

Here's a link to their forum, but it doesn't appear that it will do ya any good.

Not a nipple in sight! :laugh:

Good Luck!

 

[jimmyj68]

Tell you what Old Hippie sir - I can't imagine how a reputable company can let their web page get so screwed up - pardon the expression.

The front panel connectors on a motherboard - how much power do you suppose is in the hard drive led and power on led pin connections? Since Lian Li is so closed mouth about the inner workings of their products, it is quite possible they have revamped the blue ring lighting so it would work off the same circuits as the power on LED. One other reviewer on Egg's product review mentioned that during his four (4) RMA's of this case with the egg, his latest delivery differed from the case on the Egg's pages in that it has 6 HDD slots rather than five and some of the items that came with earlier cases were not included in the last case he received (you have to read his/her justification for RMAing so many cases and draw your own conclusions). My case has 6 hard drive stations, which is a substantial build change.

I say all that to say all this - - - intel boards and I suppose many others come with two possible power led connections - two pin on the front panel connector and a stand alone three pin two connections power point. Some cases apparently come with a two pin connection and some with three. So- I have a vacant two pin power LED connector on the motherboard ....... should I risk plugging the blue ring to those two pins? Could that be Lian Li's unspoken intent? The power LED connection I'm using is three pin. But then - why didn't they simply wire them together - the powere on LED and the Bezel's Blue Ring?

 

[Zepper]

IMO, LL isn't all that reputable a company (they make a decent case but their support in the US market is dismal at best - did you note that the only phone numbers available are in Taiwan?) - they don't even have an office in the USA. If it wasn't for a few resellers like Performance-PCs, SilverPCs, etc. one couldn't hope to get repair or replacement parts here (and none of them carry all possible parts). In this case, Newegg has to make it good by sending you the part as I can't imagine any scenario involving L-L per se achieving any results.

.bh.

That doesn't look like a passive device, so I doubt you can connect the wires from the ring directly to a header connection e.g. PwrLED. So it's get the part you need or you're SOL. I'd look again thoroughly all thru the case as that adapter/converter/whatever may be hung up in some nook or cranny. I've found parts like rubber feet, etc. hidden all over in cases. Take the bezel off, etc. Good luck. I suppose you could call Performance-PCs or SilverPC to see if they might have one you could buy (I wouldn't expect anything for free from them as you did buy from the Egg whose support is often limited to "send it back and we'll send you another") as you are now discovering... .bh.

 

[Old Hippie]

Well Jimmy, I really don't know what to tell ya.

Probably the easiest thing to do is just send it back to the Egg.

I don't believe you should just plug the LED into a MB connector unless you can assertain that's where its supposed to go. Depending upon how far you wanted to take this "repair", you could probably replace the LEDs with some that have known specs and make/buy your own adaptor. I did something similiar with my fish tank while installing custom LED "moonlights". Hells bells, you could probably do different colors, variable intensity, strobe, or whatever trips your trigger.

If you look at the reviews here, you'll notice that two are for the B25 and one is for a B25B. I can't really see any differences, but they all have five 3.5" internal and one 3.5" external slots. I believe the unlucky NewEgg reviewer was just a little confused on the slot count. He may also need a correct size screwdriver?

Another option, as Zepper points out, is to contact another reseller and see what they can recommend. You could even do the refund thing at the Egg, buy from Performance PCs, and just deal with them. Performance PCs is a class act. :thumbsup:

I have a PC-A10B and it's a great case. Luckily, I've never had to deal with any problems. I was aware of Lian Li's non-existant support, but felt pretty confident that any problems could be rectified by the reseller, in my case Directron.

I did find your porn links on the Lian Li forum, but they were all dead....just like the rest of the forum! :laugh:

If I were you, I'd be returning the case to the Egg and try one more time. If still no joy, I'd return it for a refund and purchase from somewhere else. I'll bet Performance PC's would even check the box to make sure everything is there.

I realize I haven't been too much help here, but it's probably more than you're going to get from Lian Li!

Good Luck Jim!

 

[jimmyj68]

Thanks for the moral support. I think I'll just send it back to the Egg and get a refund and order one from Performance PC - their's is more than $30 bucks cheaper anyway. I didn't order from them when I was researching prices because I thought I would get better service from the Egg.

By the way, my case too does have in fact 6 HDD slots. There's a couple of other differences from the pictured case on Egg's web page which leads me to believe Lian Li cut there production costs. Other web sellers reflect this in a lower price for the unit. I was wary of them because I couldn't see how they could sell such a case for the lower prices - ergo ordered from the Egg at an average of $25 bucks more than other etailers (prices ranged from $185 to close to $300). Now I wonder if the Egg's wholesale cost went down but their retail selling price didn't ????

At any rate - Performance PC is going the extra mile to try and resolve the issue - they are going to query their Lian Li sales rep. What ever they come back with - I'm going to reorder from them.

Thanks again all.

 

[Old Hippie]

By the way, my case too does have in fact 6 HDD slots.

Are we talking 5 inside and 1 external? All 6 inside and none outside? 6 inside and none outside?

Old inquiring Hippies wanna know.

 

[jimmyj68]

six inside and one external

sorry to take so long hadn't been back to this page. The Egg came through like a champ. I forgot how long the case sat while I bought the DP35DPM Intel board and an 8400 cpu, the slipstream fans and the power supply I wanted and had to get shipped from Germany - the be quiet Dark Power Pro 650.

Any who-went to the Egg web page attempted an RMA and was denied a refund because I had had the case more than 30 days. Went to the chat function on the Egg, explained my situation to a young lady named Mirabel and she OKed a refund RMA!!!! Then went to Performance PC's web page and priomptly ordered another PC-B25B that they will examine before shipping and ensure the adapter is there or find out from Lian Li where I'm to connect the light if the adapter isn't needed.

All in all a very good day -

 

[Old Hippie]

Jim, you're on a roll! :thumbsup:

Good Luck!