Front USB connectors on 8KNXP mothereboard

My case has the small individual wires with a plug on each one. The board
has one plug connectors. Has anyone figured out how to hook them up or do I
have to forget about the
front USB plugs on the case? I would sure like to be able to use them for my
MP3 player.
That way I can unhook it when I'm done. Thanks,

 

The connector on the M/B will have two rows of pins, one with 4 and the
other with 5. Each row is a separate USB hub. On a Gigabyte M/B the
connector is usually yellow, with the "spare" pin nearer the front of the
case. The pin numbering starts from the end nearer the *back* of the case
i.e. opposite to the "spare" pin. Starting from the back, along each row
the pin assignments are:-

Power
USB Data -ve
USB Data +ve
Signal Ground

The "spare" pin is for grounding the external connector itself - there may
or may not be a wire for this, depending on the case or other ext.
connector, & in any case it doesn't usually matter.

The small individual plugs corresponding to each pin above will be labelled
something like the following, together with the wire colour-coding:-

"VCC" (Red)
"DATA -" (White)
"DATA +" (Green)
"GND" (Black)
The case grounding wire (if present) will be called something like "SHIELD"
and will also be black. The labels are as on my Lian-Li; the colour-coding
seems to be generic.

 

Huh? What do you mean the board has one plug connectors? It should have a
group of pins, known as a header. You have to use the manual and sort out
which of those wires get attached to which pins. Then test it and make sure
it works. I have an older case that actually has a single connector for
each row of pins and it's a pain because there is no standard on how the
pins are arranged. Therefore, you have to pull wires out of the connector
and rearrange them to meet the pin arrangement on the board. Newer cases
with their individual wires are a blessing!



--
Big Daddy Ruel Smith

My SuSE Linux machine uptime:
8:16pm up 38 days 5:01, 2 users, load average: 0.25, 0.16, 0.13

My Windows XP machine uptime:
Something less...

 

Also when you test is use some thing cheap like a USB joystick or mouse, then
if you have wired it wrong you don't damage some thing expensive..

 

FRONT USB CABLE HOOKUP GA 8KNXP:

Red White Green Brown Double Black
+5v D1- D1+ Gnd Gnd
Pin 2 Pin 4 Pin 6 Pin 8 Pin 10


Pin 1 Pin 3 Pin 5 Pin 7
Orange Yellow Grey Black
+5v D2- D2+ Gnd

Antec Case USB Connection:

There are 8 wires with connectors coming from the front-mounted USB ports.
1. Locate the internal USB header pins on your mobo. They consist of 10
pins in two rows. On some mobos one or two pins may be marked NC. This
indicates no contact. It is an empty pin. On some mobos one pin may be missing
from either one or both rows. Don't worry about it. You need only 8 pins to
connect to.
2. Consult your mobo manual to get each of the pin-out positions.
3. Power Pins: There are two +5v connectors to the two power pins. Each
connector can go on either pin.
4. Ground Pins: There are two ground pins, one in each row. They are usually
marked as Ground, or GND. Connect the two Ground connectors to the two
ground pins. Each connector can go on either pin. On some mobos there may
be two ground pins on one row. You do n ot need to use all of them. Make sure
to connect one ground pin on each row.
5. Data Pins: There are two plus data pins, one on each row, and two minus
data pins, one on each row. They are usually marked as USBD2+, USBD3+ and
USBD2-, USBD3- or USBP2+, USBP3+, and USBP2-, USBP3- respectively.
a. Connect the D+ connector to any of the two plus data pins. It can go on
either of the plus pins.
b. Connect the D- connector to the minus data pin in the same row as the D+
data pin that was just connected.
c. Connect the other D+ to any of the plus data pins, and connect the D-
connector to the minus data pin in the same row with the D+ pin.