A7N8X Deluxe and Sonota front fire wire

syngensmyth · 11-24-2005, 10:12 AM

Sorry for the double post but was afraid it would get lost in the reply.

I have an A7N8X-E Deluxe and want to connect the firewire to a Sonata front panel. Sonata has a "boxed" connector and Asus has in line. I need to find wires to jump from the box to the inline pins. Any idea where to find these?

oldmn · 11-24-2005, 10:33 AM

looking at you manual Page 2-25 you have 2 ie1394 connectors that should work with the Sonata II case.
If this is a n original Sonata case then you need to look at the Manuel .it has separate wires
http://www.antec.com/pdf/manuals/Sonata_en.pdf
Happy Thanksgiving

**UncleMacro** · 11-24-2005, 04:25 PM

I have a Sonata II with the same sort of firewire cable. You can get a motherboard header to standard firewire converter cable from Antec. To use it your motherboard has to use the standard firewire pinout because the connectors on the cable aren't separate for each line. My Sonata II manual gives the expected motherboard firewire pinout which seems to match your A7N8X-E Deluxe. It looks like your motherboard is compatible with the cable but I'd look in your Sonata manual and motherboard manual and make sure the pinouts match before getting the cable.

syngensmyth · 11-25-2005, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmn

looking at you manual Page 2-25 you have 2 ie1394 connectors that should work with the Sonata II case.
If this is a n original Sonata case then you need to look at the Manuel .it has separate wires
http://www.antec.com/pdf/manuals/Sonata_en.pdf
Happy Thanksgiving

Thanks but this is no help, the original Sonata has individual wires for USB but not for firewire. Yes the manual describes what the pins are but one would need wires.

Unclemicro sounds right. I will try the Antec route again. I emailed both companies some time ago without reply.

I would think there would be a source for individual wires somewhere?

oldmn · 11-25-2005, 07:40 AM

Sorry according to the case documentation there was.

Quote:

IEEE 1394 (FireWire, I-Link) Connection
There are six wires with connectors coming out from the front-mounted IEEE
1394 port of your case. They consist of 2 sets of twisted pair cables; TPA
(Twisted Pair A) and TPB (Twisted Pair B), a power cable (VP), and a ground
cable (VG).
1. Locate and identify the pin-out of the IEEE1394 port on your motherboard.
2. Power Pin: Connect the VP connector to it.
3. Ground Pin: Connect the VG connector to it.
4. Data Pins: There are two sets of data pins. Each set consists of a plus
and a minus pin. They are usually marked as TPA+ and TPA-, TPB+ and TPB-.
a. Connect the TPA+ connector to the TPA+ data pin and TPAconnector
to the TPA- data pin.
b. Connect the TPB+ connector to the TPB+ data pin and TPBconnector
to the TPB- data pin.

11-24-2005, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
syngensmyth Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP1	A7N8X Deluxe and Sonota front fire wire Sorry for the double post but was afraid it would get lost in the reply. I have an A7N8X-E Deluxe and want to connect the firewire to a Sonata front panel. Sonata has a "boxed" connector and Asus has in line. I need to find wires to jump from the box to the inline pins. Any idea where to find these?

11-24-2005, 10:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
oldmn Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,137 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	Welcome to TSF looking at you manual Page 2-25 you have 2 ie1394 connectors that should work with the Sonata II case. If this is a n original Sonata case then you need to look at the Manuel .it has separate wires http://www.antec.com/pdf/manuals/Sonata_en.pdf Happy Thanksgiving __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center] Last edited by oldmn; 11-24-2005 at 10:53 AM. Reason: Add manual link

11-24-2005, 04:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
UncleMacro TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,133 OS: Vista SP1 My System	I have a Sonata II with the same sort of firewire cable. You can get a motherboard header to standard firewire converter cable from Antec. To use it your motherboard has to use the standard firewire pinout because the connectors on the cable aren't separate for each line. My Sonata II manual gives the expected motherboard firewire pinout which seems to match your A7N8X-E Deluxe. It looks like your motherboard is compatible with the cable but I'd look in your Sonata manual and motherboard manual and make sure the pinouts match before getting the cable.