Thread: GA EP45-UD3R, Cable Confusion

I have a number of confusions on this motherboard.

Firstly, I am trying to connect the group of cables that regulate the power LED, reset LED, H.D.D LED ect. I don't know which cables go into which connectors. I don't know which manual to look in, and worst of all I bent a pin.

Is bending a pin, fixable? It is the power L.E.D header that is just in front of the f.panel. As soon as it bent I tried to re-adjust it, and it re-adjusted just fine, so will this be a problem?

On the power i.e. header there are three pins to connect a cable to, so which cable (or which three cables) do I plug in. Once that is finished, which cables are to be put where on the f.panel.

I do not have an "R" model, but I do have an "L" and a "P".

The cables from the case should be labeled. Look for the wires marked something like "Power LED". That goes on the Power LED header. Plug it in so the colored wire goes to pin 1.The front panel header should be self explanatory. Pins 1 & 3 are for the HD LED. Plug the case wires marked something like HDLED in so the colored wire goes to the positive post. Pins 2 & 4 should be empty.

Plug in the reset and power switches. Polarity doesn't matter. Over to the right, you have a line of 4 pins for the case speaker. Plug it in there. Polarity doesn't matter. Motherboards that have a built-in speaker usually do not have a header for the speaker. Also, some cases (Antec 900's, for example) do not come with a case speaker.

If a pin is bent a little, it can be carefully straightened. But the pins are brittle, and can break.

I have that motherboard and didn't have a problem.

You'll need to look in the case manual to make sure you have to correct cables (though these are usually labeled on the connector to the mobo) and look in the motherboard manual for the layout/diagram.