system panel connectors

[Nvidiaguy07]

ow can i tell which hole is postive and negative on my pwrsw reset button etc. there is a indicator on one side of it but what does this indicate?

Also i thought that the pwrsw isnt positive and negative i thought it was just pwr and ground.
this is not what my newest motherboard manual says. gigabyte D3SL.

if i put them in the wrong way is there any chance of me damaging my board?

 

[bruceb]

The power switch and the reset switch do not have polarity.
In most cases, they are just Normally Open contacts that
close when you press the button. If the switch has a built in
LED then that will usually be on seperate leads and usually
the Black or Green would be the Negative or Ground side.

 

[DSF]

If your case manual doesn't specify, then red is probably positive, black/white are probably ground. That doesn't matter for the switches though, only the LEDs. If the LED isn't lighting, then flip the connector around. An LED or power switch connector isn't going to damage your motherboard.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Front case connectors share a common color wire, usually white or black that is the (-) connection. (speakers are mostly red and black, black being the (-) )

Switches are not polarity sensitive, so it does not really matter. Current will flow from pin A to pin B on the mb when the switch is closed, no matter which way you hook up the switch.

 

[Sheninat0r]

For switches, power/ground doesn't matter. In general however, black wires act as ground.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

thanks thats what i thought because before i never paid much attention to it until my most recent motherboard says to make sure u don't mess up the positive and negative pins. not sure why they would put that, weird.