Motherboard help at all? Please?

I have a Packard Bell Maui motherboard (PB880). I wonder if someone
could describe or explain the pinouts for the front panel connector.
I'm going to rebuild this working board into a system (for tinkering
and development). Also, is there a front-panel USB port involved
anywhere?

<> wrote in message
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> I have a Packard Bell Maui motherboard (PB880). I wonder if someone
> could describe or explain the pinouts for the front panel connector.
> I'm going to rebuild this working board into a system (for tinkering
> and development). Also, is there a front-panel USB port involved
> anywhere?

Try here:

http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/880.htm

Tom Lake

On Mar 16, 4:40 am, "Tom Lake" <tl...@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> <DreadSt...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:3ba78e0c-0476-4d4e-914a-...
>
> > I have a Packard Bell Maui motherboard (PB880). I wonder if someone
> > could describe or explain the pinouts for the front panel connector.
> > I'm going to rebuild this working board into a system (for tinkering
> > and development). Also, is there a front-panel USB port involved
> > anywhere?
>
> Try here:
>
> http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/880.htm
>
> Tom Lake

Tried that one. That's what lead me to look for the pinouts. The
enlarged area below the main image is what I need. It has pin numbers,
but no identification as to what they are. Any other ideas? <begs>

Scratch that last. I found it. It's not on my board, but it is on
the image, I see now. Thanks worlds! <bows>

See, I got the motherboard off eBay. Had an old Dell case that the MB
and PS were burnt. Since it's a mini board, and mini case, I now have
another system. (Had to rebuild a regular power supply into the
Dell power supply enclosure to do it, though.)

Again, thanks a lot!

FWIW, the Maui motherboard was made for PB by Intel, so its front panel pinout
is standard among Intel-made Slot 1 boards of the same era:

Pin# Description
1 HD LED Pullup
2 Front panel green LED
3 Hard disk active LED
4 Front panel yellow LED
5 Ground
6 Front panel on-off button
7 Front panel reset button
8 Ground
9 Infrared power
10 Not connected
11 IrDA serial input
12 Ground
13 Ground
14 Not connected (pin removed)
15 IrDA serial output
16 Power

.... Ben Myers


On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:40:07 -0400, "Tom Lake" <> wrote:

>
>
><> wrote in message
>news:3ba78e0c-0476-4d4e-914a-...
>> I have a Packard Bell Maui motherboard (PB880). I wonder if someone
>> could describe or explain the pinouts for the front panel connector.
>> I'm going to rebuild this working board into a system (for tinkering
>> and development). Also, is there a front-panel USB port involved
>> anywhere?
>
>Try here:
>
>http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/880.htm
>
>Tom Lake