@@factionguy I'm sorry to point this out but can you show me one where they dont lightly dismiss it and say "look in the manual and figure it out" and don't explain this little concept? I've searched and only 1 person did I find that explains is. So for you to say "omg, everyone does it" I call BS son. No one goes into detail of acronyms or of any detail sort. They all dismiss it, thinking people are experts.
this is actually one of the most obscure, but important things in PC building that never got properly addressed in how-to-build videos, leaving beginners scratching their heads. thanks for this, greg!
Having built more than 20 systems over the years, this is the part that I always swear at, and it gets worse the older you get - darn bifocals don't focus on that tiny print! I always wondered why some of the connectors had the positive/negative labeled, and others did not. And I was afraid of putting them in backwards. The only one I didn't have trouble with was a motherboard that had a block to plug everything into and then you plugged the block into the motherboard. I wish all manufacturers did that! Great video; I appreciate the explanation!
Mate my eyesight is 20/20 and I still have the phone light on them trying to work it out. Does my head in this dude just saved me such a head ache I did it wrong last night 😭😭😭 luckily I wasn’t finished and got them fixed round
This was literally my only concern when I built my first PC a few years ago. My first boot I remember thinking "well it didn't blow up so that's a good sign" 🤣😂
hey, this made me laught! I'm pretty sure I got this part wrong, I'm super proud I got all the power supply cables at the right stop without a video.. now I'm still waiting for the memory to arrive tommorow, but I figured I'd try to turn it on. Once it didn't blow up I was happy too hahahah
Some wires just have a triangle symbol which signifies 'Positive/plus(+)' while the others dont have a symbol at all which signifies 'negative/minus(-)'.
It took 100 years for someone to release this, you sir are the reason why I've been a fan for years. Also your knowledge on tech had helped me build my first pc =)
Have an NZXT H500 case which have the front panel cables all bundled up from the get go so i wasn't so sure how to connect them individually if i were to change cases. This video was short but concise which is nothing but expected from this channel. Keep up the great work Greg!
I helped build two of my friends pc this week and I was entirely confused on it but they both had the H510 from NZXT, so the front panel connectors was all in one piece, so that was good.
This part, and the installation of some non-stock CPU coolers are to me the most difficult parts of building a pc. Also the Sata power connections: I never know which side is the correct, and takes a considerable ammount of force to plug it in. Thanks for making this video :)
It's 2022 and I still needed this video to be sure about the position of the power sw and hdd jumper. Thank you so much greg! You saved the day... again 😁
What's one thing better than finding a video about front i/o connections - having the video being done on the same board as the one you've purchased 😁😁 Something else that was beneficial - on my old Predator case the front io connectors were grouped together like a plug instead of individually as in this video
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. This really is the most tedious part of PCs building. Glad a lot of case manufactures have combined all those wires together to make connecting easy.
Gigabyte made a [patent pending] design to do just that. You plug the leads into the plastic housing, and then you plug *that* into the front i/o. I have this on my z370 gaming 5 board. Pretty ingenious. I don't know why others don't do this
@@attq3980 well, I'm not 100% certain it was patent pending but I think I remember reading that in the manual when I bought it like 3 yrs back. I haven't bought a gigabyte board since so I have no idea if they continued to use it or if they actually managed to patent the idea
I’ve literally trying to figure out why my fans weren’t Turing on if I didn’t jump my pins, thanks man, this was straight to the point and helped me. Definitely deserves a sub, Thanks!
The MSI MB on my previous rig had an accessory block that you could use to connect all the case wiring and then you could just connect the block to the MB like a USB plug making it extremely easy. That MB had two FP header blocks though, the secondary header was for the case speaker/buzzer and other stuff.
I was frustrated with the connectors...tried out many videos but the finer details wer missing and as a first time builder i couldnt get my pc to wswitch on...your video sorted it out ..immense gratitude brother..love from India.
Jesus christ thank you I bought a xeon motherboard so it didn't come with a manual and i couldn't figure it out and no "how to build pc toturial" said where to plug them in thank you new sub
Thank you much for this video. I spent hours trying to resolve why my PC wouldn't boot and eventually figured out it was the order I connected the panel pins. The instructions I had REALLY didn't make that clear enough for me, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you so much. I wasn't able to find info about the power thingy in my manual, saw it said fpanel, so I thought, but nothing about the specific, saw that it was writing on the motherboard, but was small, so thank you for saying where it is. Just a simple video for a simple problem, straight to the point. Thank you.
wow, you're such a god, I thought I was going to have to get a brand new PC until I saw this. you've saved me so much money, thank you so much man. its really helped
Thank you SOOOO much for this, Greg!! Some manuals are complete crap when it comes to explaining how to plug in the front i/o. I build my PC's so infrequently (at least the replacing of the mobo part) that I always need reminding on how to plug these in.
Thanks a mil Greg! This is the video that led me to your Ch. for my first ever build last year around May. Im on my 3rd build now and had to check this vid once more. Much appreciated my G!
DUDE I played around with my pc and I unpugged these and didn’t know how to fix thank you for your vid on the right way they go in a tried to plug them in my self and didn’t turn back on but with your vid showing me the right way your a legend
Great video Greg! Straight to the point! You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! this has got to be THE most DIFFICULT part of PC building. I struggled with mine this morning and thought maybe the mobo was defective. I'm returning it (ASUS B550 ROG STRIX) for a brand new one because the one I got was already opened and tampered with who knows...but I've LEARNED A TON from this brief video!!! My question is WHY wouldn't manufacturers produce a mobo with a front panel ALL IN ONE CONNECTOR so you won't have to spend HOURS just trying to figure out how to connect these darn things??? It's f*ing ridiculous....
Very good info. I've had only Macs. This is my first Windows PC. And based on your info, it actually works! (AMD Ryzen CPU, Dual AMD GPUs, Corsair memory, Dual M2 SSDs, 2 WD HDDs). Worked right out of the box. More testing to be done, but I was amazed it simply didn't halt and catch fire... Thanks.
I began watching this video a week before I did my new build, but turned it off thinking, "I'm not some n00b who can't do the front panel." Turns out I ended up troubleshooting and reseating every part of my new PC until I figured out I did it wrong. I should have watched this video bro. At least I learned my lesson: I'm never too smart to not learn new things.
Another good reason for this video. While the motherboard manual will detail all of the pins, as you said some cases may not bother with some of the cables (like HDD LED), so you're explanation of which ones really matter and which could be left out helps.
Thank you! Got a new case and am installing an old motherboard into it to understand it before I get a new motherboard for my new rig. This cleared up all my conusion. (my motherboard is old and I can't even find the manual online) Edit: wohoo! It lights up when I press the power button and all the fans turn on... For a fraction of a second. Good enough for my purposes to show I understand it (I haven't connected a hard drive yet)
You're in good company, the only other place I've seen this covered is in Scott Mueller's book "Upgrading and Repairing PCs". Everyone else just lets the inexperienced blunder through this hoping we don't screw it up. Thank you.
It was just today as I disassembled a friend's PC to help him clean it and got in the woods of nine year old motherboard manuals in order to find the correct connection layout so that the PC would work correctly after its long sought-after saturday spa. Apparently there was even a prepinned connector as a part of the package (Asus Q-Connector for the P6X58D-E). Well, some time has passed and the connector was nowhere to be found so it had to be all manual. Pair that with a decade old case and you get a nickname "Longfinger" for the rest of the year. And now I'm watching your video just to make sure I actually did something right with no prior knowledge how to do it feelsgoodman.jpg
For overclockers (non-newb, of course), the common tip from BuildZoid (Actually Hardcore Overclocking channel on RUclips) would be to connect the reset button/switch to the clear CMOS jumper on the motherboard instead.
@@GregSalazar yes thank you I just finished my first pc and I was so confused so I figured it was front panel connectors and your vid was so easy and btw I follow you on TikTok
Some older pre-built PC's have a single front panel connector that connects to the motherboard connector. Probably for ease of assembly. Easy plug and play.
Building PCs was the first paying job as a student back in the nineties. Front panel i.o. is the one thing about PC building that has not changed a bit since then. PATA gone, Molex connectors gone, HDDs mostly gone, optical drives gone, sound cards gone, CPU coolers now bigger than the radiators in my living room etc., but front panel i.o. still 100% the same.
99 % of the pc building videos never show this kind of stuff they will show you how to slot gpu, cpu, psu but it never goes into their head that they need to show how to wire front panel I/0 that every single pc case has!
GOOD LORD 2 years after this video was posted and a weeks worth of calls to Asus to get some answers on their G10CE motherboard (POS) I finally realized how easy this is and I was making it way to hard… Thanks!
I remember years ago I got a motherboard that had a big jumper that you could connect everything to the jumper then slide the jumper into a foolproof for the most part slot. Every motherboard company should have this!
An alternative to don't mess up polarity, ensure that the little notches always look to the center of the motherboard. Should have mentioned that there are sometimes 4 speaker pins included on the front i/o ports, either with all the others or separately. It's mostly for debugging and higher end overclocking boards almost always have a debugging segment display making it kinda useless by modern standards.
4 speaker pins aren't usually _clustered_ with JFP1. Never seen a board do this. Both JFP1 and JFP2 might be side-by-side, but they'll almost never obscure the original pinout described in the video - which is why it wasn't mentioned.
The hardest part of my PC build was getting the cables to come out of the hole at the top of the motherboard. It was tight as a mofo. I had to get all of my fan cables and the 8-pin CPU power connector through there..WHAT A NIGHTMARE. It was also slightly tricky chopping my Cooler Master Q500L up with aviation shears for some proper ventilation.
I'm really glad you made this I remember first building my pc a while back and I couldn't find any video covering this topic and struggled with it quite a bit, definitely a great topic to cover
If all motherboards standardize their front panel layout orientation, then case manufactures should able to combine the power led, power switch, rest, and hdd light pins into one single connector for ease of installation. NZXT cases has this and comes with splitter for the front panel if you need it.
someone told me long back, that if you connect these headers wrong you could fry something in pc. So I have developed sorta like phobia throughout years that I recheck my connections several times by reading articles, manuals and videos. Takes me 30 mins to 45 mins everytime just doing this. Also the detachable plugin frontpanel pin thingy that comes with asus boards that allows users to just do connections outisde the case and plug it in the board is such a time saver. I think every board should come with it. sadly msi don't have it.
G'day Greg, I think you would be getting the "Where do the Front panel plugs go?" question from first time builders with a used motherboard that didn't come with a manual because it was thrown away by a previous owner, For the Reset Switch Plug, If you like OCing your PC & your Motherboard Doesn't have a Clear CMOS switch on the I/O or is hard to get to in the case, Buildzoid recommends connecting the F/Panel Reset Switch to the ClrCMOS Jumper, so you don't need to keep opening the Case you can just use the F/Panel Reset Switch
![A Beginners Guide to PC Cables & Wiring! 🔧 [Power, Front Panel, RGB & More]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AIP4fYNjnF4/mqdefault.jpg)
Wow, finally a person who builds pcs that shows you this part. Took years but here we have it folks.
Rite?!
RUclips is full of videos which show this 🙄
@@factionguy I'm sorry to point this out but can you show me one where they dont lightly dismiss it and say "look in the manual and figure it out" and don't explain this little concept? I've searched and only 1 person did I find that explains is. So for you to say "omg, everyone does it" I call BS son. No one goes into detail of acronyms or of any detail sort. They all dismiss it, thinking people are experts.
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@@allgunsblazed9106 you know that this video is 1yr old and when I built my pc was 5yrs ago when "everything is easier" lmao thanks man.
just about to build a new pc then see this, extremely needed
same dude just ordered my parts today
this is actually one of the most obscure, but important things in PC building that never got properly addressed in how-to-build videos, leaving beginners scratching their heads. thanks for this, greg!
🙀
Oh, I feel everyone's pain. The hours I've wasted are immeasurable.
The positive marking is really only relevant for an LED whereas the on/off or reset is continuity through the switch.
Having built more than 20 systems over the years, this is the part that I always swear at, and it gets worse the older you get - darn bifocals don't focus on that tiny print! I always wondered why some of the connectors had the positive/negative labeled, and others did not. And I was afraid of putting them in backwards. The only one I didn't have trouble with was a motherboard that had a block to plug everything into and then you plugged the block into the motherboard. I wish all manufacturers did that! Great video; I appreciate the explanation!
Mate my eyesight is 20/20 and I still have the phone light on them trying to work it out. Does my head in this dude just saved me such a head ache I did it wrong last night 😭😭😭 luckily I wasn’t finished and got them fixed round
This was literally my only concern when I built my first PC a few years ago. My first boot I remember thinking "well it didn't blow up so that's a good sign" 🤣😂
I have built lots of PCs i always think that when i hit the button
@@tayooo1000 I'll remember that when I finally get a chance to build one... I think it's a great indication of whether you messed up or not... lol
Don't we all think that 😄
hey, this made me laught! I'm pretty sure I got this part wrong, I'm super proud I got all the power supply cables at the right stop without a video.. now I'm still waiting for the memory to arrive tommorow, but I figured I'd try to turn it on. Once it didn't blow up I was happy too hahahah
I literally named my first PC "Frankenstein" because I always marveled that it actually came on when you pushed the button.
Some wires just have a triangle symbol which signifies 'Positive/plus(+)' while the others dont have a symbol at all which signifies 'negative/minus(-)'.
I was about to add this comment; it is worthy of noting.
What? My case use the triangle symbol to signify the negative. It's an old case though
For reset and power switch, it doesn’t matter which way you connect it. The LED’s do matter.
It took 100 years for someone to release this, you sir are the reason why I've been a fan for years. Also your knowledge on tech had helped me build my first pc =)
Have an NZXT H500 case which have the front panel cables all bundled up from the get go so i wasn't so sure how to connect them individually if i were to change cases. This video was short but concise which is nothing but expected from this channel. Keep up the great work Greg!
DUDE, I don’t even need this but thank you for being one of the few people to finally make this video. This is going to be great for new users.
I helped build two of my friends pc this week and I was entirely confused on it but they both had the H510 from NZXT, so the front panel connectors was all in one piece, so that was good.
The way it should be....
To bad that case has really bad thermals.
MrFlunkorg many worse cases out there
My Gigabyte b450 had the adapter piece for front io. I wish all cases had it because that's the first motherboard with it.
@@frommatorav1 My ancient Asus P6T had one, my brand new and presumably higher-tier Asus MB does not. Why'd they stop making those?
This part, and the installation of some non-stock CPU coolers are to me the most difficult parts of building a pc. Also the Sata power connections: I never know which side is the correct, and takes a considerable ammount of force to plug it in. Thanks for making this video :)
It's 2022 and I still needed this video to be sure about the position of the power sw and hdd jumper. Thank you so much greg! You saved the day... again 😁
You're welcome!
What's one thing better than finding a video about front i/o connections - having the video being done on the same board as the one you've purchased 😁😁
Something else that was beneficial - on my old Predator case the front io connectors were grouped together like a plug instead of individually as in this video
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. This really is the most tedious part of PCs building. Glad a lot of case manufactures have combined all those wires together to make connecting easy.
I like these short videos on simple, yet interesting or confusing topics. No one else does this kind of video to my knowledge. Keep it up!
They should make some proper plug to replace this absolete and confusing flimsy pins design.
Same for any pin that doesn't click in like argb or rgb.
Gigabyte made a [patent pending] design to do just that. You plug the leads into the plastic housing, and then you plug *that* into the front i/o. I have this on my z370 gaming 5 board. Pretty ingenious. I don't know why others don't do this
@@Katjaneway Well it needs to be widespread to be adopted, not patented so noone can use it.
@@attq3980 well, I'm not 100% certain it was patent pending but I think I remember reading that in the manual when I bought it like 3 yrs back. I haven't bought a gigabyte board since so I have no idea if they continued to use it or if they actually managed to patent the idea
EXACTLY MY POINT!!!
I have finally found someone on the internet that actually knows how to present an instructional video. Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video saved me lol most “ full pc builds” speed over this spot so I was so lost. Thank ya 🙏🏽
Finally a person who just gets to the point instead of making a 10-15 min long video on this part
THIS is what every build video is missing and you just saved me. Liked. Subscribed.
You are the only youtuber that actually knows how to teach, MAD RESPECT!
Wow this was so helpful, I hate how in all pc building tutorials no one actually shows you where your front panel and other plugs go, thanks brother!
I’ve literally trying to figure out why my fans weren’t Turing on if I didn’t jump my pins, thanks man, this was straight to the point and helped me. Definitely deserves a sub, Thanks!
The MSI MB on my previous rig had an accessory block that you could use to connect all the case wiring and then you could just connect the block to the MB like a USB plug making it extremely easy.
That MB had two FP header blocks though, the secondary header was for the case speaker/buzzer and other stuff.
Jeez this needs to be at the top of the search results, thank you so much. Took me forever to find an actual helpful video
THANK YOU! 14 year old and I building a computer. followed motherboard instructions. computer wouldn’t turn on! told us wrong locations! this worked!!
I was frustrated with the connectors...tried out many videos but the finer details wer missing and as a first time builder i couldnt get my pc to wswitch on...your video sorted it out ..immense gratitude brother..love from India.
Jesus christ thank you I bought a xeon motherboard so it didn't come with a manual and i couldn't figure it out and no "how to build pc toturial" said where to plug them in thank you new sub
Did if first try using this tutorial. Helped out more than those videos 10 minute plus long that doesn't get direct to the point. Thanks alot!
Thank you!! I have the manual of the motherboard but getting a video to help is always welcome!
Thank you much for this video. I spent hours trying to resolve why my PC wouldn't boot and eventually figured out it was the order I connected the panel pins. The instructions I had REALLY didn't make that clear enough for me, this is exactly what I was looking for.
another tip is on the backside of the connector there is an arrow that is the positive side
Perfect tutorial. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Keep up the good work 😀
Finally, someone that actually helped my brain get past this
I wasn't sure about polarity of Power and Reset. No markings on the cables, nothing in the manual. So, thank you, sir.
Thank you so much. I wasn't able to find info about the power thingy in my manual, saw it said fpanel, so I thought, but nothing about the specific, saw that it was writing on the motherboard, but was small, so thank you for saying where it is. Just a simple video for a simple problem, straight to the point. Thank you.
wow, you're such a god, I thought I was going to have to get a brand new PC until I saw this. you've saved me so much money, thank you so much man. its really helped
I’m so used to hearing Ryan George saying “it’s the ninetys” with this background music
Excellent video for both first time builders and as a refresher for many of us who have not built a system over a period of years.
Thanks, John!
Read my manual for the case and motherboard, but this video cleared up questions not answered by the manual. Not all manuals are born equal.
I love it when cases have a single F_Panel connector, my Lian Li O11D Evo does and it makes things so much easier.
I've built several PC's and I always have trouble with this step. Thank you for helping understand things a little better.
Thank you SOOOO much for this, Greg!! Some manuals are complete crap when it comes to explaining how to plug in the front i/o. I build my PC's so infrequently (at least the replacing of the mobo part) that I always need reminding on how to plug these in.
Thanks a mil Greg! This is the video that led me to your Ch. for my first ever build last year around May. Im on my 3rd build now and had to check this vid once more. Much appreciated my G!
DUDE I played around with my pc and I unpugged these and didn’t know how to fix thank you for your vid on the right way they go in a tried to plug them in my self and didn’t turn back on but with your vid showing me the right way your a legend
Watched this as a refresher (looked at my manual ahead of time) and it's beyond cool to have a video for reference if need be. Thanks for all you do!
My man, this is going to be the video I send any of my friends for now on! Finally a perfect explanation on screen!
Thank you, you’re the only person I could find with a useful guides on how to connect front panel pins, once again thank you, you deserve my sub
Clearly explained hope you get millions of views.
Great video Greg!
Straight to the point!
You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! this has got to be THE most DIFFICULT part of PC building. I struggled with mine this morning and thought maybe the mobo was defective. I'm returning it (ASUS B550 ROG STRIX) for a brand new one because the one I got was already opened and tampered with who knows...but I've LEARNED A TON from this brief video!!! My question is WHY wouldn't manufacturers produce a mobo with a front panel ALL IN ONE CONNECTOR so you won't have to spend HOURS just trying to figure out how to connect these darn things??? It's f*ing ridiculous....
Very good info. I've had only Macs. This is my first Windows PC. And based on your info, it actually works! (AMD Ryzen CPU, Dual AMD GPUs, Corsair memory, Dual M2 SSDs, 2 WD HDDs). Worked right out of the box. More testing to be done, but I was amazed it simply didn't halt and catch fire... Thanks.
I began watching this video a week before I did my new build, but turned it off thinking, "I'm not some n00b who can't do the front panel."
Turns out I ended up troubleshooting and reseating every part of my new PC until I figured out I did it wrong. I should have watched this video bro. At least I learned my lesson: I'm never too smart to not learn new things.
Another good reason for this video. While the motherboard manual will detail all of the pins, as you said some cases may not bother with some of the cables (like HDD LED), so you're explanation of which ones really matter and which could be left out helps.
THANK YOU! Jesus i have been sitting here bring just mad I couldn’t find a video for this
Glad I could help!
Thank you! Got a new case and am installing an old motherboard into it to understand it before I get a new motherboard for my new rig. This cleared up all my conusion. (my motherboard is old and I can't even find the manual online)
Edit: wohoo! It lights up when I press the power button and all the fans turn on... For a fraction of a second. Good enough for my purposes to show I understand it (I haven't connected a hard drive yet)
I come to this video each time I build a new pc. Thanks dude!
Great video. I really needed this! This is the one part most youtubers leave out when building a pc.
You're a lifesaver. Was confused about the polarity of the switches. Great video!!
Thank you finally a video that actually shows and explains this with a great view
You're in good company, the only other place I've seen this covered is in Scott Mueller's book "Upgrading and Repairing PCs". Everyone else just lets the inexperienced blunder through this hoping we don't screw it up. Thank you.
thank you brother salazar, was SUPER confused whether power sw and reset polarities mattered. again, thank you for clarifying
It was just today as I disassembled a friend's PC to help him clean it and got in the woods of nine year old motherboard manuals in order to find the correct connection layout so that the PC would work correctly after its long sought-after saturday spa. Apparently there was even a prepinned connector as a part of the package (Asus Q-Connector for the P6X58D-E). Well, some time has passed and the connector was nowhere to be found so it had to be all manual. Pair that with a decade old case and you get a nickname "Longfinger" for the rest of the year.
And now I'm watching your video just to make sure I actually did something right with no prior knowledge how to do it feelsgoodman.jpg
Thanks Greg you just came in clutch my man!! Love your content even though this is an older video. Thanks 😊
For overclockers (non-newb, of course), the common tip from BuildZoid (Actually Hardcore Overclocking channel on RUclips) would be to connect the reset button/switch to the clear CMOS jumper on the motherboard instead.
2:35. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thanks so much!
Love it bro. Help these kiddos beat their console addiction.
I think this is the best guide I’ve ever seen just did it in a few seconds your the best!!!!
Glad I could help!
@@GregSalazar yes thank you I just finished my first pc and I was so confused so I figured it was front panel connectors and your vid was so easy and btw I follow you on TikTok
This tripped me up. Wish I had seen this video sooner.
Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
This makes so much sense, I've recently started making my own build and my case only had the Power SW connector and I was so confused
Some older pre-built PC's have a single front panel connector that connects to the motherboard connector. Probably for ease of assembly. Easy plug and play.
thank you for talking about this. no one ever talks about this in build videos. Of all my builds, this is the only part I dislike.
Plugging the cables with text facing downward is extremely useful tip.Thank you so much for short informative video :)
great zoom editing, clearest video on the matter
Much appreciated!
Nice! I’ve never built my own pc but I’m rocking a prebuild that I will most likely change a couple of components
Building PCs was the first paying job as a student back in the nineties. Front panel i.o. is the one thing about PC building that has not changed a bit since then. PATA gone, Molex connectors gone, HDDs mostly gone, optical drives gone, sound cards gone, CPU coolers now bigger than the radiators in my living room etc., but front panel i.o. still 100% the same.
I was definitely nervous about front io stuff building my first PC. Got it first try though!
99 % of the pc building videos never show this kind of stuff they will show you how to slot gpu, cpu, psu but it never goes into their head that they need to show how to wire front panel I/0 that every single pc case has!
All these years and its just THAT simple. Thats embarrassing. Thank you!
GOOD LORD 2 years after this video was posted and a weeks worth of calls to Asus to get some answers on their G10CE motherboard (POS) I finally realized how easy this is and I was making it way to hard… Thanks!
Also Greg said that the manual should have the info given in this video but I couldn’t find a manual for the Asus G10CE ANYWHERE!
Wonderful, this is my first-time build and could not understand the manual. You made this easy.
Some motherboards comes with a detachable connector for it which makes it a little more easy.
But nice to have this kind of tutorials
Thanks so much for this video. I could not make out what was what on the motherboard. Followed the instructions here and it works.
I remember years ago I got a motherboard that had a big jumper that you could connect everything to the jumper then slide the jumper into a foolproof for the most part slot. Every motherboard company should have this!
An alternative to don't mess up polarity, ensure that the little notches always look to the center of the motherboard.
Should have mentioned that there are sometimes 4 speaker pins included on the front i/o ports, either with all the others or separately. It's mostly for debugging and higher end overclocking boards almost always have a debugging segment display making it kinda useless by modern standards.
4 speaker pins aren't usually _clustered_ with JFP1. Never seen a board do this. Both JFP1 and JFP2 might be side-by-side, but they'll almost never obscure the original pinout described in the video - which is why it wasn't mentioned.
The hardest part of my PC build was getting the cables to come out of the hole at the top of the motherboard. It was tight as a mofo. I had to get all of my fan cables and the 8-pin CPU power connector through there..WHAT A NIGHTMARE.
It was also slightly tricky chopping my Cooler Master Q500L up with aviation shears for some proper ventilation.
I'm really glad you made this I remember first building my pc a while back and I couldn't find any video covering this topic and struggled with it quite a bit, definitely a great topic to cover
That ending felt really nostalgic to Phillip DeFranco's videos from way back (unsure if he's still around)
If all motherboards standardize their front panel layout orientation, then case manufactures should able to combine the power led, power switch, rest, and hdd light pins into one single connector for ease of installation. NZXT cases has this and comes with splitter for the front panel if you need it.
someone told me long back, that if you connect these headers wrong you could fry something in pc. So I have developed sorta like phobia throughout years that I recheck my connections several times by reading articles, manuals and videos. Takes me 30 mins to 45 mins everytime just doing this.
Also the detachable plugin frontpanel pin thingy that comes with asus boards that allows users to just do connections outisde the case and plug it in the board is such a time saver. I think every board should come with it. sadly msi don't have it.
Well, that was handy! 25 years since my last build and this bit fried my brain. Thanks for this.
Thanks for showing this I did most of these wires wrong and my pc now works
Seriously this needs to be a single connector case manufacturers and motherboard vendors need to team up
G'day Greg,
I think you would be getting the "Where do the Front panel plugs go?" question from first time builders with a used motherboard that didn't come with a manual because it was thrown away by a previous owner,
For the Reset Switch Plug, If you like OCing your PC & your Motherboard Doesn't have a Clear CMOS switch on the I/O or is hard to get to in the case, Buildzoid recommends connecting the F/Panel Reset Switch to the ClrCMOS Jumper, so you don't need to keep opening the Case you can just use the F/Panel Reset Switch
Building my first pc rn and this video just saved my life ty sm
finally proper video to show how to do those tricky cable pins for AMD especially mobos :) Tnx!
Huge help. First time doing a build start to finish by myself
I've been a pc gamer for 30 years - bending cpu/motherboard pins/the cooler and front i/o wiring are the 2 things I have most trouble with.
Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need
Thank god for this video LOL I was stuck for 20 minutes not knowing what to do