Illuminati's high bro, check your motherboard’s manual. It will really help you. You can also find it online(unless it’s really really REALLY old). Just follow that pattern and remember, where the arrow is on the back, that will be your positive(+). Goodluck!
Yeah they never go in depth when it gets to wiring and when I finally get to wiring part, I get so overwhelmed by the amount of wires given! I be overthinking here like “wait why did this not get used? What’s this for? It has to plug in somewhere! I have to use this!” Lol I get so anxious but this video helps a lot
For all those commenting about the fan headers: Yes, some motherboards can control the voltage of 3 pin header if the developer made that as an input. If you have a 4 pin header though, it cannot control a 3pin fan since it uses PWM to vary fan speed and not voltage.
Some ports that you missed (probably because your motherboard doesn't have them): USB-C header - used to plug a USB-C connector on the front panel, if the csse has one. 3 pin ARGB header - looks like 4 pin RGB one, but misses one of the "middle" pins, runs at 5V instead of 12V and is fully digital (you can control individual diodes with it). Those 2 are the only ones I noticed. Good job!
I'm building my first pc on my own. At first I thought "ok ..it's easy .. you take the mobo, put the cpu and the fan and all the other stuff , connect some cables and that's it " ...I Had No Idea. I was trying to figure out for five hours straight what is going on with all those weird code names. Thank you so much for that video. Turns out it was actually pretty clear. It's a like from me ..
No cause my motherboard came with so many cables but I had no idea what to do with them cause it seemed like there wasn’t enough shit to plug into😭 Had me freaking out for nothing
This video right here is a hidden gem... Explanation is short and sweet and straight to the point... Now I can finally tinker with my mobo and not get lost while rewiring everything
I cant tell you how helpful this video is. I'm sure for most people they dont need in depth info like this. But as a noob, I dont have a clue what all the stuff is on a mobo (I had ideas, but wasnt sure of most of it)
Great vid. I wish there were more well thought out and clearly explained PC vid's like this. While I have built 2 PC's in the past, it's been about 10 years literally since my last build so I'm having to catch up on all the new cables and devices. Great job with this vid.
I swear to god. I was looking for a video like this awhile ago. I could not find one and had to figure it out on my own. But now a month later and hereee is this recommendation that wouldve helped me out so damn much. Well anyway have a nice day
I was transferring my pre built pc from a year ago to a new case as I'm upgrading it and you saved me. I had no clue how to plug in the USB and power button stuff. Thanks so much.
Enjoying this a year after you posted. I bought a pre-built PC- gpu, and I couldn't figure out what everything meant. I didn't want to sit down and Google every little text phrase I saw on the board. This is technically my first time building, and I'm so thankful. Thankyou!
To clear the Bios on other Motherboards, the procedure may be different. You may need to remove the Motherboard Battery 1st before placing the jumper on the Bios Clear pins like JP1 or JP2 or what pins the book tells you to use to clear the Bios. Some Boards have a Clear Bios button on the I/O panel, & that's a nice feature.
I swop to another motherboard ones. Succesfully. I took pics of each connection from old MB(make sure descriptions are visible), and with using my brain(because position of slots on new MB wasn't the same. Only I was little struggle with pins for front usb's etc. was couple single plugs and luckily I done. I was proud of my self.Thanks for video. Tom.
THANK YOU so much! Finally a "beginners" tutorial on these DAMN tiny cables! Bless you Dear Sir! This old lady was having a HARD time even with my glasses on!
My dad chose his motherboard specifically for the COM header. He works with electronics, like picaxes and things. He explained that he could use a USB cable, it's just that connecting using COM makes things easier. Something about USB ports having addresses, so if you plug the device into a different USB port you have to figure out the address of that port. (I'm not an electronics person so I might not have the details right.) Edit: spelling of picaxe
The amount of things i've learn watching this makes me tempted to do upgrades to my pc like right now i love how straight forward and detailed your explanations are and also using visuals to make it more clear. I feel much more confident now whenever i decide to make a decision to upgrade but for now i'll keep researching and studying abt pc building :D
Unless I missed it, I don't think you addressed the 2 pin temperature sensor ports. My Gigabyte board also has a port for a noise sensor (AORUS Master).
Really appreciate this video. I am about to build my first PC and although I felt like I knew all of this, just having these further detailed explanations with the visual components has me feeling more confident going into the process. Great content, thank you!
WHEN I TELL YOU IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A VID LIKE THIS......... My dad and I are building a pc together and we are confused as to where to plug stuff. This will help so very much.
Took me like 30 mins to find a solid video on this, thank you my guy 🙏. I have one question for anyone that may know this. I have a cooler master MB311L and there is no usb or usb2 cable. I thought i needed a usb cable, is this right or not?
My friend is having a problem where his headphones aren't getting recognized as neither audio nor mic input/output. We didn't find a +5v dc front panel connector so we aren't sure if that is the problem. We will double-check for the connector tomorrow, but is it possible that the +5v dc connector is the problem? edit: fixed the issue after a few days of posting this comment. turns out when we went to device manager my friend saw a exclamation/warning icon where the audio driver was, forgot what it was called. we rolled back the driver (basically reversing the update, there is an option when you double click the driver) and then his audio from all the audio ports were now working and windows was recognizing his external microphone and headset
I'm having a problem where my Monitor isn't giving me any volume. Neither is it giving any audio through bluetooth. Regular headphones do work tho. Updated all the drivers and etc. Still doesn't work. Thinking it's a hardware problem.
@@Verundanir you sure your monitor has built in speakers? if so try to go to settings and make sure that your sound is set to speakers, i don’t really know anything else sorry
0:46 Thats not correct. 3 pin Fans can be controlled via voltage while 4 pin headers are controlled by PWM. The PWM signal is what the fourth pin is being used for.
1:00 - Ok, the video is 4 years old but nowadays most of the boards have control over 3/4 pins fan/pump connectors and you can even customize fan curves in BIOS. Some boards are even auto-detecting if the pin is to be controlled via DC (3 pin) or PWW (4 pins). 2:35 - I think that's depending on the chipset's capabilities of managing pci-e lanes... Nowadays there are lots of jumpers and connectors on mobos that are a mistery - like JTPM, for "trusted platform modules", or JOCFS for "safe boot jumper", others to connect some "tuning/monitoring" tools,
Check out my video on the BIOS settings you should change as well once you have it installed! Top BIOS Settings You Need to Change! ruclips.net/video/nS7alB5Fh8o/видео.html
3 pin fans actually can be controlled by lowering the voltage. 4 pin is better because PWM means when the fan receives power it receives it at 100%. Trying to lower the voltage too much with a 3 pin fan will cause it to stall.
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH, I was having a hard time talking to these little guys and wonder what they do. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it really gave me a clear understanding about these ports.
Doing a competition with my son. If he know more then me about computer buy Christmas we’ll build 1 for him for Christmas. Your videos are saying me a lot of financial headaches lol. Thank you sir I appreciate all the information.
Thank you so much for this. I've always bought pre-built PC's and got tired of not being fully satisfied with them and decided to give "building my own pc" a shot. With your video I am sure I won't plug things in the incorrect slots and fry anything. 🙇♂️🙏I subscribed as well.
Loved this. I knew of most of these but seeing the real pins WITH a diagram WITH what it's controlling help cement my confidence in my upcoming pc build!
This was super helpful and exactly what i needed to move on with my build. The RGB fan header is what I needed to know about. And the front I/O was also one I was not 100% sure on.
Such a useful video. Part of me have been lazy building my first PC as there's lots of things I need to learn. But this video cleared the air for me. Thank you.
Great video, think it just about rounded off everything I needed to learn for this build I'm attempting. Thanks alot. Very happy you used a Gigabyte board as well, as that is what I have.
Great explanation on all the aspects of the motherboard pins. I was very eager to know this as I'm interested to build my own gaming pc. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge.
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I got a dram issue but i got new ram but still doesn’t work I had xmp enabled is that a issue when new ram is installed
Everybody gangsta until they have to find the right pins for the front panel stuff
How do I?
Illuminati's high bro, check your motherboard’s manual. It will really help you. You can also find it online(unless it’s really really REALLY old). Just follow that pattern and remember, where the arrow is on the back, that will be your positive(+). Goodluck!
@@IoanoviciStefan thanks, but I will build my PC after 2 months, and is building a pc at 15years of age early?
Illuminati's high nah lil man just go with it! Im 20 and it’s the first time in my life im doing it. If you really want to do it just to it!
I feel gangsta after watching this video
Wow, finally something actual useful from my youtube recomendations. Great video!
Same. Finally something useful and relevant! Great content!
Same
Can I link motherboards?
lol idiots who cant read a mobo manual
@@by2083People who haven't yet owned/built a PC won't have a manual, are you saying people wanting to learn are idiots?
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much, you literally did what Google couldn't.
exactly ima keep tabs on this guy, hes gonna be big
google led you to this
@@SixBowlSage exactly
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@@SixBowlSage but google itself couldnt explain it
Finally someone talking directly, no ads, no bla bla, no stories, ONLY THE SUBJECT
You are awesome man
I’m usually dumb but this all makes sense
yeah same
right, how can i not understand basic math but i can understand all this pc stuff🙄
@@vix5556 this is painfully relatable
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what an underrated video....pc builds gloss over these little details and it makes me anxious LMAO
Feel ya
Yeah they never go in depth when it gets to wiring and when I finally get to wiring part, I get so overwhelmed by the amount of wires given! I be overthinking here like “wait why did this not get used? What’s this for? It has to plug in somewhere! I have to use this!” Lol I get so anxious but this video helps a lot
One more thing that people usually don't talk about is the fact that io panel's pins are for grounding, so don't break them off.
Have used a bunch of time trying to get it right
For all those commenting about the fan headers: Yes, some motherboards can control the voltage of 3 pin header if the developer made that as an input. If you have a 4 pin header though, it cannot control a 3pin fan since it uses PWM to vary fan speed and not voltage.
Modern boards can.
Some ports that you missed (probably because your motherboard doesn't have them):
USB-C header - used to plug a USB-C connector on the front panel, if the csse has one.
3 pin ARGB header - looks like 4 pin RGB one, but misses one of the "middle" pins, runs at 5V instead of 12V and is fully digital (you can control individual diodes with it).
Those 2 are the only ones I noticed. Good job!
Ok, I was wondering about the 3 pin D-RGB connector. That's what my case fans used, and was confused for so long on where to plug it in.
and what about SPDIF
same lol but ye great vidd
Best video ever. Straight to the point and no off topic convo
I got out a diagram of my specific motherboard and followed along. This was very helpful man, not to many people go over this in detail.
I'm building my first pc on my own. At first I thought "ok ..it's easy .. you take the mobo, put the cpu and the fan and all the other stuff , connect some cables and that's it " ...I Had No Idea. I was trying to figure out for five hours straight what is going on with all those weird code names. Thank you so much for that video. Turns out it was actually pretty clear. It's a like from me ..
Lmao i thought the same when i started to put everything into my new case. But it’s pretty easy after you do it
Like riding a bike :) after your first it seems so easy
No cause my motherboard came with so many cables but I had no idea what to do with them cause it seemed like there wasn’t enough shit to plug into😭 Had me freaking out for nothing
This video right here is a hidden gem... Explanation is short and sweet and straight to the point... Now I can finally tinker with my mobo and not get lost while rewiring everything
You’re my hero, I’ve spent too much on my first build making sure it all work together and I’m still lacking in direction
I cant tell you how helpful this video is. I'm sure for most people they dont need in depth info like this. But as a noob, I dont have a clue what all the stuff is on a mobo (I had ideas, but wasnt sure of most of it)
Great vid. I wish there were more well thought out and clearly explained PC vid's like this. While I have built 2 PC's in the past, it's been about 10 years literally since my last build so I'm having to catch up on all the new cables and devices. Great job with this vid.
I am the same building one now, I have to be refreshed about every 4 years that I do a new build.
Finally a video that has closeup views of at least the motherboard, and some good explanations, so this is actually useful for newbie pc builders.
That was actually so useful, I feel powerful. Thank you so much.
No BS, straight into the video. Beautiful camera footage and added images! What a video, nice work!
I swear to god. I was looking for a video like this awhile ago. I could not find one and had to figure it out on my own. But now a month later and hereee is this recommendation that wouldve helped me out so damn much. Well anyway have a nice day
I was transferring my pre built pc from a year ago to a new case as I'm upgrading it and you saved me. I had no clue how to plug in the USB and power button stuff. Thanks so much.
The intro sounded just like Daily Dose of Internet
@Nacho lol
Enjoying this a year after you posted. I bought a pre-built PC- gpu, and I couldn't figure out what everything meant. I didn't want to sit down and Google every little text phrase I saw on the board. This is technically my first time building, and I'm so thankful. Thankyou!
To clear the Bios on other Motherboards, the procedure may be different. You may need to remove the Motherboard Battery 1st before placing the jumper on the Bios Clear pins like JP1 or JP2 or what pins the book tells you to use to clear the Bios. Some Boards have a Clear Bios button on the I/O panel, & that's a nice feature.
Bro finally, a useful video that tells you what each plug does. Thank you🙏
man this video is so much informative and helpful, I'm taking screenshots at every point
I swop to another motherboard ones. Succesfully. I took pics of each connection from old MB(make sure descriptions are visible), and with using my brain(because position of slots on new MB wasn't the same. Only I was little struggle with pins for front usb's etc. was couple single plugs and luckily I done. I was proud of my self.Thanks for video. Tom.
RUclips finally recommended me something nice, epic
8 videos later and this pops up. you’re a godsend 🙌
OMG THANK YOU SOOO MUCHHH I CANT EXPRESS HOW LONG IVE BEEN SO CONFUSED ON WHERE THE SATA CABLES GO ON THE MOTHERBOARD THANK YOUU 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I have just an m.2 and i was like, if its already plugged on the motherboard, i dont need sata right?
This is what most PC build videos skip over. Very valuable information.
I’ve been searching for hours on google, came here and this was my recommended
THANK YOU so much! Finally a "beginners" tutorial on these DAMN tiny cables! Bless you Dear Sir! This old lady was having a HARD time even with my glasses on!
My dad chose his motherboard specifically for the COM header. He works with electronics, like picaxes and things. He explained that he could use a USB cable, it's just that connecting using COM makes things easier. Something about USB ports having addresses, so if you plug the device into a different USB port you have to figure out the address of that port. (I'm not an electronics person so I might not have the details right.)
Edit: spelling of picaxe
Interesting! Thanks for that extra info!
Pickaxes are a very technological and way ahead of it's time, congrats to your dad for working on such a great piece of technology!
Building a computer is all easy until you come down to cabling and setting up bios and fan control. Thank you so much for this clip!!
The amount of things i've learn watching this makes me tempted to do upgrades to my pc like right now i love how straight forward and detailed your explanations are and also using visuals to make it more clear. I feel much more confident now whenever i decide to make a decision to upgrade but for now i'll keep researching and studying abt pc building :D
Those jumpers and connectors have given me hard time until I saw your video! It makes the jumper mystery go away. Thanks for you great work!
Wow something actually useful in my recommended
Just started my first build and gotta say this video is insanely helpful, thanks bud
If you find anything else challenging that you wish there was a video made for let me know!
Unless I missed it, I don't think you addressed the 2 pin temperature sensor ports. My Gigabyte board also has a port for a noise sensor (AORUS Master).
I don’t know we’re to plug in my usb c
Really appreciate this video. I am about to build my first PC and although I felt like I knew all of this, just having these further detailed explanations with the visual components has me feeling more confident going into the process. Great content, thank you!
This was so well explained, thank you so much.
WHEN I TELL YOU IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A VID LIKE THIS......... My dad and I are building a pc together and we are confused as to where to plug stuff. This will help so very much.
You’re a life saver! You’re a king for reals thanks man
This is the most useful motherboard connectors video I found on RUclips.
Took me like 30 mins to find a solid video on this, thank you my guy 🙏. I have one question for anyone that may know this. I have a cooler master MB311L and there is no usb or usb2 cable. I thought i needed a usb cable, is this right or not?
What I like. Concise and informative without a lot of dead space plus simple diagrams. Thank you
My friend is having a problem where his headphones aren't getting recognized as neither audio nor mic input/output. We didn't find a +5v dc front panel connector so we aren't sure if that is the problem. We will double-check for the connector tomorrow, but is it possible that the +5v dc connector is the problem?
edit: fixed the issue after a few days of posting this comment. turns out when we went to device manager my friend saw a exclamation/warning icon where the audio driver was, forgot what it was called. we rolled back the driver (basically reversing the update, there is an option when you double click the driver) and then his audio from all the audio ports were now working and windows was recognizing his external microphone and headset
I hope it get fixed
I'm having a problem where my Monitor isn't giving me any volume. Neither is it giving any audio through bluetooth. Regular headphones do work tho. Updated all the drivers and etc. Still doesn't work. Thinking it's a hardware problem.
@@Verundanir you sure your monitor has built in speakers? if so try to go to settings and make sure that your sound is set to speakers, i don’t really know anything else sorry
@@kennwijesekara3683 lol it doesn't. Contacted viotek support. I feel like such an idiot. Spend hours troubleshooting xD
The best motherboard explanation video out there !!!
0:46 Thats not correct. 3 pin Fans can be controlled via voltage while 4 pin headers are controlled by PWM. The PWM signal is what the fourth pin is being used for.
1:00 - Ok, the video is 4 years old but nowadays most of the boards have control over 3/4 pins fan/pump connectors and you can even customize fan curves in BIOS. Some boards are even auto-detecting if the pin is to be controlled via DC (3 pin) or PWW (4 pins).
2:35 - I think that's depending on the chipset's capabilities of managing pci-e lanes...
Nowadays there are lots of jumpers and connectors on mobos that are a mistery - like JTPM, for "trusted platform modules", or JOCFS for "safe boot jumper", others to connect some "tuning/monitoring" tools,
And I got this recommended to me right after I connected my pc together...
Same 😂
i'm building pc for the first time and this helped me out A LOT, thank you for this
Best video on youtube explaining this!
Check out my video on the BIOS settings you should change as well once you have it installed! Top BIOS Settings You Need to Change!
ruclips.net/video/nS7alB5Fh8o/видео.html
3 pin fans actually can be controlled by lowering the voltage. 4 pin is better because PWM means when the fan receives power it receives it at 100%. Trying to lower the voltage too much with a 3 pin fan will cause it to stall.
Wow, I think I just found the one person in the world who can answer actually answer a question I search up. Thank you🤘🤘🤘
this video is so helpful I would be lost without it
Ty so much. When my case got in it was so confusing and all the fan cables we intermingled and it was very annoying. This really helped out
One of the best videos I've watched. Super clear and informative. Thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH, I was having a hard time talking to these little guys and wonder what they do. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it really gave me a clear understanding about these ports.
This video was brilliant. Thank you learned in 5 minutes what 3 manuals did not explained as simply.
Ty
Great video and easy to understand, thank you. I will be building my first PC very soon.
Doing a competition with my son. If he know more then me about computer buy Christmas we’ll build 1 for him for Christmas. Your videos are saying me a lot of financial headaches lol. Thank you sir I appreciate all the information.
Thank you so much for this. I've always bought pre-built PC's and got tired of not being fully satisfied with them and decided to give "building my own pc" a shot. With your video I am sure I won't plug things in the incorrect slots and fry anything. 🙇♂️🙏I subscribed as well.
bro.. what an amazing, informative, and straight to the point video
Trying to do a case swap on old motherboard... This video has been incredibly helpful, thanks!
You saved me a lot of Messing.
Fixed my lads computer because of your video.
Regards
Mike.
Dude you have no idea how much this helps!
I never knew there was a bios reset like that. Thanks I learned something new.
3:29 for small cables
Loved this. I knew of most of these but seeing the real pins WITH a diagram WITH what it's controlling help cement my confidence in my upcoming pc build!
Super useful was able to get my pc to start thanks to this!
It was really helpful for BiNOD.. Thanks.
Best explanation I’ve watched so far.
Old IDE connectors are missing, I know they are 20 to 30 years old, but I feel nostalgic on them. Awsome
Great info for those of us who are DIY's and want to ensure we are making correct connections on the mobo. Thx
Thank you so much your Video really save my life!
Extremely clear video! Thank you very much.
this kinda felt like something my art teacher would post as an assignment but instead of mobo connections it would talk about modern art or something
Hmm
Great video, I am 64 and building a new Pro Art with Firecuda needed to relearn all this
information again.
This was super helpful and exactly what i needed to move on with my build. The RGB fan header is what I needed to know about. And the front I/O was also one I was not 100% sure on.
Annnnnd now I understand my asus board from 2014. Thank you.
Need to add some Arctic cooling fans, as my stock fractal ones are loud AF.
you carried me through my pc building process . ur awesome
Such a useful video. Part of me have been lazy building my first PC as there's lots of things I need to learn. But this video cleared the air for me. Thank you.
Man your a lifesaver i missplaced the motherboard manual could not find where that rgb cable goes and leard a lot from thia vid good work.
Thank you so much I’m building my first pc and this was extremely helpful and I realized that it is way simpler that I first thought
Great video and very informative for the novice builders.
Thank you this was very helpful
Way over my head mostly, but I got what I needed
Thank you for your excellent presentation.
Excellent video 10/10. Well done !
Just what I needed!! Thank you! 😊
so i figured out why my fan wasn’t connecting the fan wasn’t compatible with four prong so i just ordered an adapter this helped a lot thanks
Pretty well done tutorial !
Great video, think it just about rounded off everything I needed to learn for this build I'm attempting. Thanks alot. Very happy you used a Gigabyte board as well, as that is what I have.
Stellar work! Much appreciated!!
Great explanation on all the aspects of the motherboard pins. I was very eager to know this as I'm interested to build my own gaming pc. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge.
This video was incredibly helpful because I have that exact same board
Thank you so much I’m new to building PCs and I had some confusion but I really appreciate this video
Useful and informative