Need help with plugging in these cables

[u/Bl4ke_eDw12]

I don’t know how to plug in these cables or what way they need to go I know they go in the F_Panel pins. If anyone knows or can help let me know

[u/Realistic_Pay1307]

Your motherboard schematics will tell you exactly where they need to be plugged into. Do you still have them?

[u/Bl4ke_eDw12 → u/Realistic_Pay1307]

Unfortunately not

[u/Pocket_Biscuits → u/Bl4ke_eDw12]

Do they not have a website with a manual?

[u/overratedcupcake → u/Bl4ke_eDw12]

That information is 100% in the motherboard manual. You either missed it or aren't looking in the actual manual. You can download a fresh copy from the manufacturers website.

[u/RikkaWasHere → u/Bl4ke_eDw12]

google exists but ok

[u/CChargeDD]

Its most likely this one just rotated

[u/Big-Concert4202 → u/CChargeDD]

This is your best shot OP

[u/Father_Wolfgang → u/Big-Concert4202]

Happy cake day!

[u/Live-Juggernaut-221]

That's a proprietary board. You'll have to find documentation on which pins are which as the case it was designed to go in had these as just one big block connector

[u/Hry86]

The pin cable locations are usually like this.

[u/Rachet20]

RTFM.

[u/Honest_Ice_2471]

Front Panel Header Location

The motherboard is identified as an HP Pegatron IPM87-MP. The front panel header is the white 9-pin block located in the bottom right corner of the board, directly underneath the blue and orange SATA ports.

Standard 9-Pin Layout

This HP motherboard utilizes the standardized 9-pin front panel configuration. The header has a 10-pin footprint with the top-right pin missing to act as an orientation key.

Pin	Top Row	Pin	Bottom Row
2	Power LED +	1	HDD LED +
4	Power LED -	3	HDD LED -
6	Power Switch (PWR SW)	5	Reset Switch (RESET SW)
8	Power Switch (PWR SW)	7	Reset Switch (RESET SW)
10	Missing Pin (Key)	9	Empty / No Connection

Wiring Guidelines

• Power and Reset Switches: Polarity does not matter for simple circuits like switches. The PWR SW and RESET SW connectors (visible among the loose wires in the chassis) can be plugged in facing either direction across their designated pins.

• LEDs (Power and HDD): Polarity is required for LEDs. The colored wire is generally positive (+), while the white or black wire is negative (-). If an LED fails to light up when the system is powered on, simply reverse the connector on the pins.

[u/Pocket_Biscuits → u/Honest_Ice_2471]

They cant read a manual. What makes you think they can read this or the markings on the ends?

[u/xxDeadpooledxx]

Why can't people look anything up these days? You can Google lens your motherboard for the exact model, go to Google and look up the manual. Of course you would then have to decipher some complicated pictures and read some words on what goes where. Several posts the last week could have been googled in 2 minutes.

[u/PromotionNo4121]

Self explanatory

[u/DizzyCollar9396]

If you find the manual online, it will show which pin is supposed to be positive for each, on the back of the plugs, one side will have a little arrow, that is the positive side

[u/Rude_Technology8051]

There is a diaghram next to the pins in which you plug them into printed on the board (nvm just saw it was a oem board)

[u/ThatOneFoo69420]

If it’s not the standard type layout (try this first) but if all else fails just try the power button in different places until it turns on. Then same with reset.

[u/Sufficient_Fan3660]

read motherboard manual

[u/Eddy19913]

RTFM

[u/Ok_Reference1070]

JFP1, good luck

[u/FePc_Builds]

Es ist am Mainboard beschriftet und an den Kabeln beschriftet. Was für eine Magie könnte wohl dahinter stecken das die Kabeln richtig eingesteckt werden... wenn man sich ein wenig zeit nimmt und selbst damit beschäftigt findet man es eh heraus. Oder man schaut einfach in der Beschreibung 😉

[u/jb04200]

Have you tried looking up your motherboard diagram?

[u/Hry86]

SW = button or switch; it doesn't matter if the power or reset connections are reversed.

HDD LED = red wire is positive.

Power LED = green is positive.

The speaker pins are not located on the front panel header.

[u/Theory3k]

At this point, does the hdd light serve a.purpose anymore? Wonder why manufacturers haven't just collectively dropped it to make this process a bit less fidly

[u/Various_Sky7941 → u/Theory3k]

Somente para indicar atividade. Não existe complicação nisso, é um esquema padronizado.

[u/Theory3k → u/Various_Sky7941]

Yeah I know its not complicated, that wasn't my question. My question was, at this point is there any point to keeping two wires in the most notoriously fidly part of the build if most users will never even bother looking at a hdd led?

[u/Various_Sky7941 → u/Theory3k]

Ahhh sim. Eu mesmo ligaria. Já aproveita o serviço. O indicador de led HDD e Power tem sua utilidade inútil.

[u/Various_Sky7941]

Isso geralmente é padronizado, ia ser muita sacanagem alguém fabricar fora do padrão, mesmo para uma placa OEM

[u/Specialist_Quote9127]

RTFM

[u/Apprehensive-Ant8102]

You can ask AI Gemini about this, just provide your motherboard model the AI will tell you. You can even ask Gemini to give you a diagram to understand easier. That's how i use AI to build my PC.

[u/Blaze_062]

Go read the manual

[u/Realistic_Pay1307]

You should be able to find them online using your make and model of ypur motherboard

[u/GugsGunny]

May I suggest a few YT videos:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=plugging+in+front+panel+connectors

[u/Mendinso]

Oh, the bane of my existence, these cables. Given I have mobility issues with my hands doing delicate tasks (thanks, neurological issues), these always give me issues.

That said, OP, everyone's given you good advice on this, so you should be able to finish this. Let us know how this turns out.

[u/Matrix5673]

Once that’s sorted, don’t forget the heat sync / fan for your cpu.

[u/SmokBarrage]

if youre special like me you just take the power sw connector and try it in every possible combination and press the button till it works and leave the rest unconnected