cant not get this light to work help

[yvesj]

sorry but the computer in my signature is the one that i trying to get to work .
the one in my signature is the one that i build about one ago .
now i am building a new one again to pass the time ..
my new mother board is .
BIOSTAR A870 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard.
now the two wire comming from the light one is genn and one is white .this is the 2 wire that i have been playing with .
now one have a plus on it .the other one have - on it .
it still not working .so i gave up for today

[yvesj]

yes but were is pin 12 or 13 .every one know here that i am no good at that stuff .
i am 67 and only been on a pc since 2006 .no school on top of that ..
i know that 12 .13 14 are on the mobo manual.but why dont they pin point were they are on mobo .
you look at the book then you look at the motherboard it is a different story because there is no number on pin

[Shinma]

Orientation of the pins are the same in the manual and the motherboard.
And
The two "+" symbols are on the motherboard as well.

[yvesj]

yes .i do plug it on the + on the mobo .
on the mobo there is 2 of the + pin but one - . in the mobo manual it show were the - is .so this is were i plug the - .that leave me with 2 + pin to plug the + wire .
if the light don't work when i turn it on after i get my monitor plug in .
this is what i be getting next week .

EVGA 512-P3-1301-KR GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 32-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card

[yvesj]

yes .i do plug it on the + on the mobo .
on the mobo there is 2 of the + pin but one - . in the mobo manual it show were the - is .so this is were i plug the - .that leave me with 2 + pin to plug the + wire .
if the light don't work when i turn it on after i get my monitor plug in .
this is what i be getting next week .

EVGA 512-P3-1301-KR GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 32-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card

here it is

[SuperSparks]

You can plug the LED into either of the + pins. There are two pins because some cases come with a 3-pin wide header plug, and some come with 2-pin wide. So by putting two + pins the mobo can accommodate either.

The LED will only illuminate when the computer is powered up, in case you were thinking that it would be on all the time.

[yvesj]

thank you .i only have one + and one -.
now i do not have nothing done with this pc yet .
i am waithing for my video card to come in.
maybe it is because of the driver that as not been done yet .
no os yet .i mean nothing .
now i was thinking of use a 4 pin molex cut it and only use the black and the red wire .then connect the power led + to the red wire and the - to the black wire so this way when i turn the computer on the front panel will light up right .
what do you thing .
by the way the red wire is + 5 v so do you that will burn the front led light bolb

[jdc2000]

No driver is needed to get the power LED to illuminate, only power.

[yvesj]

thank .what do you thing about what i want to do with the 4 pin molex .
do you thing that it could work .
now i did change my signature .
if you look at it this is what i have all brand new never been use yet .
as for the power led connection i am doing exacly what you all said and what it show in my mobo manual .
so there is nothing i cant do more for now .
this after noon i was reading about a apevia case with the same problem that i have .and the answer was .is go the device manager and enable the power led .
but it was not the same case and the same mobo.
but i cant check this out yet .i am not hook up to my monitor yet

[yvesj]

No driver is needed to get the power LED to illuminate, only power.

all is working .led fans [9] of them .
power off and back on .etc.etc .it all working .
it is only that power led light that is not

[jdc2000]

If you have the connector for the power LED connected properly, then most likely the LED is either not working, or the wires and connector are faulty and no connection is beinf made. You could connect it to a 5 volt source from the power supply, but that would defeat the purpose, since it would be on all the time as long as the PC is plugged in ATX power supplies never completely turn off.

[yvesj]

If you have the connector for the power LED connected properly, then most likely the LED is either not working, or the wires and connector are faulty and no connection is beinf made. You could connect it to a 5 volt source from the power supply, but that would defeat the purpose, since it would be on all the time as long as the PC is plugged in ATX power supplies never completely turn off.

here is the diagram how to connect them from the mobo manual .
as you see it is really easy to plug them in the right place .
now you said that 4 pin molex will work ok .
my computer never stay on for long when am not using it .
this one here that am using i set it to hybernate afer 20 minutes so every thing is turn off after 20 minutes

[yvesj]

now there is only one way that i screw the wire .
when i did slide my dvd in it got stock on some thing 2/3 of the way in .because i am on the top slot [hole] this is were the small board with all the wire for the front panel .
so maybe when i push to hard on the dvd i rip some wire off the board .
you know what i mean by that .that top front of the case have 4 usb .one e-sata .plus 2 more .one to listen to music .one i dont really know it for .
so there is a lot of wire going down to the board over the dvd .well i did manage to tuck them all on the side of the dvd .

[yvesj]

so if i use the 4 pin molex but only the red and black wire to try it is it possible that i burn the led light .
well i have nothing to loose here right

[jdc2000]

As I mentioned earlier, unless you unplug the computer, the power LED will be on all the time if you power it the way you are suggesting. A much better idea would be to verify that the connector and wires attached to the LED have continuity, and if the LED is actually faulty, replace it.