have you ever tried plugging things into your motherboard and it just won't work
well that's why we're here with this Techquickie fast as possible to show
you how to connect all of the different connections on your motherboard the 24
pin connector is usually located along the right hand edge of the motherboard
and is notched so that it only goes in one way you can tell that it's
completely inserted once the clip is closed over the latch next up is the P4
or EPS connector sometimes it's four pins and often your power supply can
have the connector split apart to accommodate those four pin connectors
and sometimes it's eight pins and while it's best to plug in all eight pins if
your power supply doesn't support it you can just plug in the four that fit make
sure you're not trying to plug a PCI Express 8 Pin into your EPS 8 Pin though
because those aren't compatible and if you force it it will fry your motherboard three pin fan headers can be
installed with either three pin fans or
four pin fans but they are only compatible with analog fan speed control
four pin fan connectors have a fourth pin for pwm fan speed control which is
more advanced than the traditional voltage control method three pin fans
can still be installed in them however they just won't have pwm control one of
the trickiest and most intricate connectors is the front panel headers
power reset hard drive LED as well as power LED and this is where I do really
recommend Consulting the manual sometimes they're colorcoded and other
times they're labeled directly on the motherboard and on the connectors but
you'll save yourself some hassle if you just look it up the LED connectors
require being plugged in a specific way with positive and negative on the
corresponding terminals however the power and reset switches can be
installed either way it doesn't matter usb2 front headers also have to be
hooked up and it should be noted that some motherboards have special
color-coded front USB 2 headers that actually deliver more power for doing
things like charging tablets quickly most of them however it's just a matter
of lining them up with the one miss pin on the header on the motherboard
corresponding to the missing pin on the plug in order to use front USB 3 super
speed both your case and your motherboard have to support it it's
usually pretty easy to find the connector because it's clearly labeled or color coded otherwise it's pretty
distinctive looking if your case supports usb3 and your motherboard
doesn't don't worry you can use either the included adapter that comes on the
connector or many cases also include an adapter that means that those front usb3
ports on your case will still function even if it's only at USB 2 speeds the
front panel audio connector to hook up the microphone and headphone jack on the
front of your case is usually located at the bottom left of the board here often
cases have a leadoff connector for this one as well with one of them labeled HD
or aelia and the other one labeled PC 97
the PC 97 one is a very old standard so unless you're running an old socket a or
socket 478 motherboard don't worry about that and just plug the HD brick into the
HD header on your motherboard and you can even cut off that old ac97 one this
guide isn't intended to cover expansion slots or data connections like serial at
so the last one we'll be showing you is auxiliary power connectors so from time
to time in addition to the 24 pin and the 8 Pin there might be a MOX 4 pin or
even a SATA connector somewhere on the motherboard these are intended to be
used if you're installing a multi-way graphics card configuration to help the
board draw power from somewhere other than the 24 pin which can prevent it
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