rec.autos.simulators

> Anyways, the LED things are pretty weird at first. If you are looking into
> your case at the m otherboard, the header for the LED's will be at the
very
> bottom of the motherboard and in the center. It will be the only grouping
of
> pins that looks like the one in the diagram. I think each pin is also
> labelled on the mobo itself, so you'll know.

> For the LED's, you have to watch polarity. Meaning ground has to be on
> ground. If it doesn't light up the first time, just reverse it. You may
also
> have one of the little plugs on your case as a 3-hole plug, with an empty
> hole in the middle, even though the two pins on the mobo are right next to
> eachother. You can just move one of the wires into the middle hole by
> lifting the plastic where it lifts (if that makes sense).

> The switches don't have polarity.

> "The diagram states HD_LED_P goes to pin 1, FP PWR/SLP to pins
> 2;4, HD_LED_N to pin 3, RST_WS_N to pins 5;8, RST_SW_P to pins 6;7, KEY
> to pins 9;10."

> So, the harddrive light + goes to pin 1, ground goes to pin 3.
> Power switch goes to pins 2 and 4.
> Reset switch goes to (5 or 8) and (6 or 7)
> Keyboard lock (which you probably don't have) goes to 9 and 10

> I don't know what you mean by harddrive LED into the IDE connector. It
just
> goes on the motherboard as I mentioned above. Don't try to stick it on the
> IDE connector!!

> I think the thermal compound on the heatsink should be fine. Providing it
is
> on the edge as you mentioned. The Athlon XP has a reallly small contact
area
> anyways.

> Mike
> http://mikebeauchamp.com

> > Ok, I decided to keep the Elitegroup K7S5A afterall, the salesmen said
> > that it will run with an AMD 2400XP without updating the BIOS; it will
> > run up to 2000.  So I've got the board screwed in to an Antec PLUS660
> > case and the CPU into the board, but I can't figure out how to hook up
> > the LED's.  The manual for the case states to plug the Reset connect
> > into the RST connector, the Power LED into the connector behind the RST,
> > the Power Switch to the PWR connector on the board, and the Hard Drive
> > LED to the IDE connector.  I cannot locate specificly(sp?) where on my
> > motherboard these connectors are located.  The manual for the mobo has a
> > diagram of the 10 pin FPI connector which is used for LED's and
> > switches.  The diagram states HD_LED_P goes to pin 1, FP PWR/SLP to pins
> > 2;4, HD_LED_N to pin 3, RST_WS_N to pins 5;8, RST_SW_P to pins 6;7, KEY
> > to pins 9;10.  Can anyone see how to match these up?  I'm a bit thrown
> > off by there being two different RST connectors and I can't seem to find
> > any PWR connector on the board besides whats located on the FPI panel
> > which I assume is for the Power LED, not the switch.  Lastly, how can I
> > plug the Hard Drive LED into the IDE connector when that will be used
> > for the ribbon connector for hard drive and CD-ROM?

> > One question about my CPU(Athlon 2400XP).  While installing the chip I
> > knicked a real small(miniscule, really) chunk off one corner of the
> > thermal material on the heat sink, the instructions said that if this
> > material is damaged it !!!must!!! be replaced.  Is this true?  Or is
> > Athlon just looking for a way to make more money?

> > If this doesn't make any sense, does anyone know of a website(besides
> > the Antec and Elitegroup sites, they are absolutely no help) or other
> > Newsgroup that can help me?

> > Thanks in advance, I know I sound like I'm whining, but I don't want
> > this being done by any store(like CompUSA) and I would to like learn
> > about this myself so if and when I do it again I will not have as many
> > problems.

> > Thanks,
> > Nick