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Forum Index : Electronics : LED polarity, PC front panel sw.

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domwild
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Posted: 12:36pm 29 Jun 2012

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Apologies, slightly off topic again!

Just building a new PC and am worried as the front panel cables are not idiot proof for me so I panic, most likely unnecessarily.

HD LED: Orange/white, which is + -?

Reset switch: Red/white, which is GND/Reset?

Power LED: Blue/white, + -?

Power switch: Black/white, GND/PWR?

Google tells me not to worry, if LEDs stay on all the time, then I just reverse the cable, but I better get a second opinion from the forum.

The ASUS manual warns me not to connect a 1394 cable to USB. I have a card reader, which has a thick round cable with markings of AWM 2835 60deg, 30V. Should I panic?

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domwild
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Posted: 08:46pm 30 Jun 2012

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Thanks, worked that one out myself, LEDs connected with the wrong polarity do not burn out motherboards!

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