[Case] Front panel wires

viridianflare · 06-10-2009, 04:41 PM

I'm finishing up a build and I'm realizing I have a bit of confusion. The connections from the front panel of my case (the power switch, LEDs, reset switch, etc) have an A on one side of wire and an arrow on other, while my motherboard handles everything in pluses and minuses. I figure, on the wire, one of these is the ground wire, but I can't tell.

How should these be plugged into the mobo? Does the ground go in the minus?

Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

**kodi** · 06-10-2009, 05:31 PM

The negative wires a usually white or black.
Have a look at each set (power,reset,led) and if they all have a white or black wire that is the negative (minus)

viridianflare · 06-10-2009, 06:01 PM

They all have a white wire. Thanks!

**forcifer** · 06-10-2009, 07:28 PM

even if you get it wrong, it wont make a difference. if the button doesnt work, just flip it around and it will :) you cannot hurt anything by having the switch the wrong way (ive done it hundreds of times, never did anything other then take time)

06-10-2009, 04:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
viridianflare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northwest Washington Posts: 13 OS: Windows 7, Linux Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope), Windows XP	[Case] Front panel wires I'm finishing up a build and I'm realizing I have a bit of confusion. The connections from the front panel of my case (the power switch, LEDs, reset switch, etc) have an A on one side of wire and an arrow on other, while my motherboard handles everything in pluses and minuses. I figure, on the wire, one of these is the ground wire, but I can't tell. How should these be plugged into the mobo? Does the ground go in the minus? Any help would be awesome. Thanks! Last edited by viridianflare; 06-10-2009 at 04:46 PM.

06-10-2009, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,376 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Re: [Case] Front panel wires The negative wires a usually white or black. Have a look at each set (power,reset,led) and if they all have a white or black wire that is the negative (minus) __________________ Brian

06-10-2009, 06:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
viridianflare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northwest Washington Posts: 13 OS: Windows 7, Linux Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope), Windows XP	Re: [Case] Front panel wires They all have a white wire. Thanks!

06-10-2009, 07:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,619 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: [Case] Front panel wires even if you get it wrong, it wont make a difference. if the button doesnt work, just flip it around and it will :) you cannot hurt anything by having the switch the wrong way (ive done it hundreds of times, never did anything other then take time) __________________ now i remember