Need help with front panel connectors - asus p4s533-VL

[howdy]

Hi

I have a sony vaio PCV-RX950 (asus P4S533-VL board) which I am trying to relocate to a bigger generic chieftec case, but I am having trouble figuring out the connections for the front panel; I found the manuals for P4S533-MX, P4S533-VM, P4S533-X, P4S533-E, and plain P4S533 but their pinouts diagrams r different than what’s shown on the P4S533-VL.
On the board, here’s the pin configuration shown

row 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
row 2 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20

PWR IDELED PLED reset
MLED

There’s no pin on location 15

The wires on the sony case came in 1 big circuitboard; and tracing the wires color, here’s what I see

Row 1 (top - left to right)
1. YELLOW -
2. BROWN -
3. empty
4. empty
5. empty
6. empty
7. GREEN-
8. ORANGE -
9 BLACK -
10. empty

Row 2 (bottom left to right)
11. RED
12. empty
13. BLACK
14. empty
15. empty
16. empty
17. BLUE
18. empty
19. empty
20. empty

Please help

Thank you

[saphalline]

Sony commissioned that mobo from Asus, so it's proprietary, not standard. If you have the labels on the mobo for the connectors, your work is nearly done. Just connect the new case's front panel cables to what you see on the mobo. You've got PWR and RESET plus some LED leads. That's all you really need other than a speaker.

[howdy]

hi saphalline

thanks very much for responding to me; i'm attaching a pdf of my sketch of what my motherboard's front panel looks like so u can see what i see; it's a little unclear b/c of the way they are labeled, plus, i have no manual to go by; i have other similar models' manuals but the pinouts are different

with the pinout config in the pdf, i tried to boot up the pc and got no response at all (but there's power b/c i see the green light on the motherboard)

can you please take a look at what i did and point out what i did wrong? I am very chicken and dont want to potentially mess up the pc

thank u so much

[saphalline]

Try flipping the rows, so that PWR is on pins 1-2, etc.

[howdy]

ok, i did as you suggested (all the wires go into row 1 instead of row 2) but still no reaction from the pc; which wire would be responsible for whether the pc's get started or not? the PWR switch wires? or the PLED?

[Rendman]

Howdy, the PWR switch wires are what tell the motherboard to power up the PSU. When you close the switch the PSU should kick on and get things going. The PLED wires are used to send power to the front panel power light (also know as an LED).
Ensure that you DO NOT hook the switch up to the PLED pins. This will almost certainly cause damage.

[howdy]

hi rendman, tahnk you

so basically, the only 2 wires that are REALLY essential for the pc to start is the pwr switch and the reset switch, right? the ide led, power led, etc... are not mandatory to be connected right?

if that's true, then it helps eliminate some things out; in the attached pdf, I draw out what I see on the motheboard and so far only go up and down the row; so i dont think the power switch were connected to the led or vice versa.

i tried to trace the block of wires from the original case but it's not labeled at all; i can make out what color wires go where on the mobo but since it's not standardized, tha color wont help deciphering what goes where at all :(

this motherboard is weird; it has 2 atx12v slots instead of just 1 like i have seen on my other asus p4p800se boards; and they connected the 4pin 12vol plug into the slot that says atx12v v2 instead of atx12 v1; ithat slot is hidden very deep behind other stuff that if i ddint take out the mobo, id never seen it; no wonder i thought it's weird that the atx12v1 (mandatory for p4) is empty and the pc has been working fine for a couple of years; now i know of a second slot

[Rendman]

Right, the only mandatory wires are the PWR switch. Reset isn't even REQUIRED. (Recommended tho.)

If you have a multimeter, one thing you can do is to start testing wire pairs. Use two needles and the meter stick the needles in any two wire connectors set the meter for continuity/resistance then start testing. When the meter shows a resistance of zero when you press the button the two wires you have connected are the right ones.

If not see if you can dismantle the front panel of the case anymore so that you can better isolate the wires that you need.

Yeah, that second 12V connector does sound weird. Never seen anything like that before.

Keep us posted. :)

Hope some of that helps.

Also, did you attach the PDF you mentioned, or do I just not know how to work this board?

[howdy]

i attached it on the 3rd post of this thread but i'm attaching an updated pdf explaining that i have tried moviing the pinout connection to row 1 with no luck
can you please take a look at it and see what i did wrong?; also, i'm assuming that the wires are being connected horizontally, not verrtical; (at least that's how my other asus boards have been )

oh, take a look at this link too; this guy has an almost identical situation as me; same mobo but different sony model PCV-RX951, and his wiring is odd; from what he describes, he wired the pwr switch diagonally??

http://www.motherboards.mbarron.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32&highlight=&sid=ce0e8f24206a66aed8d6e0355d5627d9

thanks again

[howdy]

ok, whew; this time i just plug in the pwr switch on pins 11-12 and it boots up fine; i wonder what about the other wires that prevented the pc from booting; but at least, i got it up and running so far

thanks a lot saphalline and Rendman for your help