I've got an old gateway system that has an odd method of making the front panel connections. To make a long story short, when I upgraded I initally used the gateway case instead of buying a new one. The front panel connections (i.e. hdd led, no/off switch, power led) are made using an 8*2 header right next to the ide ports on the mobo (it's a tabor 3 using the intel bx chipset). The new mobo did not connect this way so I (brilliantly, I might add
) cut off the 8*2 connector and threw it away. Now that the old parts are back in the original case, I need to reconnect the unlabeled wires to the unlabeled pins. A quick check at gateway's site yielded many good links, but these two are most important:
Close up of 8*2 header
List of signals for each pin
I e-mailed gateway tech support to see if they could give me some better information than this and was told that this is the only data that exists. Could someone take a look at that second list and help me reconnect everything. I want to be sure of what I'm doing before I make a bad connection and cook the whole damn thing.
Here is what I have to reconnect:
HDD led with a red(+) and black wire(-)
A power switch with a white and black wire
A combo power(green) and suspend(amber) led with a black wire(+) an orange wire(-) and a green(-) wire. The green wire powers the green led and the orange wire powers the orange led(imagine that!). The black wire is a common postive for both leds.
Thanks
) cut off the 8*2 connector and threw it away. Now that the old parts are back in the original case, I need to reconnect the unlabeled wires to the unlabeled pins. A quick check at gateway's site yielded many good links, but these two are most important:Close up of 8*2 header
List of signals for each pin
I e-mailed gateway tech support to see if they could give me some better information than this and was told that this is the only data that exists. Could someone take a look at that second list and help me reconnect everything. I want to be sure of what I'm doing before I make a bad connection and cook the whole damn thing.
Here is what I have to reconnect:
HDD led with a red(+) and black wire(-)
A power switch with a white and black wire
A combo power(green) and suspend(amber) led with a black wire(+) an orange wire(-) and a green(-) wire. The green wire powers the green led and the orange wire powers the orange led(imagine that!
). The black wire is a common postive for both leds.Thanks
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