How to connect Front Panel Connectors to the Motherboard 

Thanks! 90% of build videos skip over this part and it bothered me.

Hardest part of building a pc.

You're the only one in all of the videos I've watch on this subject that explains how to tell positive from negative. Thanks.

Still watching in 2019? This guy know how to save you like £100 just to get a repair. Thank you so much for showing me that my self built pc still works even though I swapped its case. You have taught me a thing or 2 so once again thanks for saving me money!!!

You are the only youtube computer build instructor I have found that went into the detail you need to on the front panel connectors. This used to be the hardest part of building a PC, for me, in my first builds. Excellent video!

I don't understand why they don't just make a unified LED/Powerbutton/Reset/HDD connector. The HDD light should really go away too.

I would add this advice: Front Panel connectors are usually a bundle of thin connectors which usually make a nice block once hooked up correctly. Therefore, you can tape the headers tightly with electrical tape and that way they stay arranged correctly if you ever need to unplug them for whatever reason and easily plugged back in without a need for manual.

i have to say that you did an amazing job. i was really confused with these young people just plugging things in and no real explanation to what it was or where did it come from. thanks again.

I'm building my first pc and I needed to know which was positive and negative since my case doesn't show it on their headers, they do have arrows though. Thanks for this explanation. No one explains this part, even these so called "pros."

ok i got it thanks it only took me 8 years the reset button on my pc was never working since i bought it new

The arrow marks positive. Perfect. Thanks

Best tutorial I have ever seen. I especially like you clarifying that connecting the pins the wrong way around won't do any harm to the computer. For some reason people have told me that it does lol

When your motherboard doesn’t come with a manual.

5 years later and its still helps me alot..thankyou so much....i usually thought this was the most complex thing ia have to do...but in reality its so easy👍👍cheers

Wow, Thank you so much! I'm new to the PC Building hobby and I was trying to excersise cable management. Got these unplugged and couldn't get it properly back together again. You're a life saver, thanks a ton!

This video is 4 years old, but is still helping out people assembling PC!! Thanks!

positive = color = arrow !!

One of the more thorough and properly explained tutorials on this I've watched.

This 4-year old video already feels like it's from another era. Like the educational videos they showed me in elementary school. And we're talking about a motherboard with Nvidia SLI support!

every time i build a pc I come back to this video, even though the tech is ancient now :) may 2020

Wow, how far we've come with tech and aesthetics.

EXTREMELY well explained! Thanks a lot for the lesson. =D

This may seem trivial to people who already know. But when the connections aren't keyed to a specific orientation, are all black, and have an arrow instead of a plus indicator, it can seem like a shot in the dark. I've wired one before but its been 6 or 7 years. Thank you for this video! The arrow was the most important part for me. Excellent video for first timers!

I usually dont' comment on these videos, but this did taught me lots. Thanks. I was rebuilding one of my computer and it always had issues with the power button and reset button. After watching this, it becomes more clear.

Well explained, not rushed and well shown. Thank you for this video, it helped me a ton.

I love that my manual just points to the front panel reading “front panel”.

Was just building my first PC, came across these things, got confused, went onto this video, connected, computer posted. Thank you for this, PC building is a lot easier to do than most people think

MY MAN, I was so lost with positive and negative on the power button and reset!! My wires are all black and there was no indication... The little arrow on the back side of it was the answer!! Thank you thank you thank you!

Never buy a pre-built computer if you plan on upgrading, mine had such a generic motherboard it was nowhere to be found on the internet, i had to guess which was which on those connectors, took me a good hour with slow boot times and whatnot. Predator G5910 used btw, incase anyone was wondering.

this really helped, nice and clear, easy to follow. thank you.

That arrow explanation was a huge help because there was not info in the motherboard manual or the case manual! THANK YOU!

You have been a big help.I pulled the plugs off,thinking they were one big plug.I needed to get to the battery,and the wires were blocking it,from coming out.Your instructions helped me set the wires right.The on/off switch,wasn't lighting up,or the hdd light.now they do.THNX,ALOT.

I was wondering what the hell that arrow meant! This helped me A LOT. :)

Thanks for taking time to do this video. Very helpful.

A lot of people talk too fast for me, but you sir are doing it right. I feel much more confident in building my own computer now :).

The manual for my motherboard wasn't very good at explaining things. Watching your video really helped to supplement all of the little bits that I didn't quite understand. Thank you so much! I'm really thankful that you and this video both exist :)

1K dislikes? Why? people are idiots🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️ Thanks for the video. Extremely helpful!👍🏾

Thanks man

Was watching different videos for over an hour. But this video of yours has solved my problem properly. You played well and properly. Thanks

I was on fire while building my PC and stopped cold at this part. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you for making this video.

very good video! now i feel safe doing this myself :)!

This man was my guide for a long 4 hours journey of finding those damn pins.

Had it not been for this video I honestly would never have thought to check my motherboards manual for the issue I was having with reconnecting some of my cables and as a result I have managed to fix the issue I was having. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for pounting out what would otherwise seem like an obvious step that I kept overlooking.

your a good guy you speak very clearly, put clear text up when you make mistakes and you understand everyone has a differing level of experience. you have earned my subscription

2014, still relevant and super helpful! thank you sir! o:

thx bro finally u solved my problem ..... u got a subscribe

Thanks. I have been building computers for my family members forever and I never knew that they put that arrow on the reverse side to indicate positive (+). You just made my day. I just purchased a high end desktop case that had the USB 3.0 connector and realized that my old motherboard didn't have a place to plug it in even though it did have a two 3.0 connectors in the back. I guess that means that I need to start looking for a newer motherboard.

This is the only video I've found that properly explained with great detail how to plug in front panel connectors. Thank you so much!

hank you for this detailed info, it cleared things up quite nicely for me.

THANK YOU SO MUCH Although my pc now thinks the eject button is power and power is eject lol

Thank god for this video, the cords in my computer came unplugged when I was pulling out a hard drive that wasn't reading and my shipper never sent a manual. This video was a godsend from a near mental breakdown

Thank you sir! My motherboard and PC case manuals did not mention how to identify +/- for these plugs. A lot of hard earned money spent on my PC parts has kept me from taking a chance on these plugs so my PC build has been on hold for more than a week now. Thank you for providing the information needed to move forward.

thx for saving me from this shocking day XD

You saved my day.... ty

Hey Dave, thank you so much brother. Got a new business PC and had never even touched a motherboard or computer internals before. Was having problems turning on and this fixed me right up and got things running correctly. Keep doing your thing man and just earned a subscriber for your detailed approach 👍

Thank you so much for all the detailed explanation. It was a Sunday evening and by mistake i had pulled out all these terminals. The next morning i had to use the computer at my shop so i couldn't possibly take it to a repair guy. Found this video and it really saved my life. Thanks again!!!

YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH

Just have to have brilliant eyesight, or strong glasses lol

You were brilliant at demonstrating this. Your eye for detail is GREAT and your method of presenting that information above average. This has always been a "Hit-or Miss" while I would be assembling a computer. No more thanks to you. BRAVO. Thank you so very much for sharing.

Kudos for being the first search hit for explaining the plus and minus of the front panel wiring.

I am literally this close to going back to console gaming. I hate dealing with this crap.

I plugged my shit the wrong way cause i can barely see anything on those tiny cables, now my LEDs and Reset button doesn't work. ehh how i hate those tiny pins...

How many times does he say motherboard lol. This was very helpful

Now this dude knows how to do a proper step by step guide by the numbers; I guess I had it, "the wrong way" .. All around and up side down! lol. Thx Brah! All my older cases have this as a one clip plug; a red and a white, and a blue and white wires with a bakelite clip, (heat resistant; same material car distributor cap are made from, even though very low volts), now cheap China plastic with bad English abrevatuons. It like instead of getting better in time, we are just getting cheaper, were just going the wrong direction .. round! Very Respectfully, WX2

This was a lifesaver, I wasn’t sure whether those arrows meant positive or not. Thank you! I now have a functional PC!

A nice bright torch, a magnifying glass, the diagram from the MB book, & working slowly help a lot.

Excellent video. Explained things properly even to the point of telling the viewer that if you plug this in the wrong way, it's not going to damage this particular item. Spoke clearly and showed everything clearly. And he had no rock music blasting away. I've just come from another video, where the video was shot on a mobile phone, at crazy angles, with no clear instructions. and it had a heavy rock background music playing, so you it was impossible to listen properly about what's being explained. Well done, keep up the good work !

Still helping 4 years later. Great job 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👐

Your videos have helped me build so much when building my first PC. There is an ambient noise in the background of your videos which sounds almost like waves, and combined with your accent and calm way of speaking may or may not have put me to sleep during one of your longer tutorials, haha. But not due to boredom, I assure you! Thanks for going to the trouble of making such detailed videos. So many manuals and guides leave out important information because they assume some things are obvious. The best presentations are detailed enough for beginners yet can also inform the experts and yours accomplish this.

Just like the old days building PC. Now I need a recap. I got your Video and works perfect guiding me to build one again. Many Thanks Man... ☺☺☺

Finally someone explains. Why wouldn't they just put a positive instead of a stupid arrow. You are smart unlike the others.

In the middle of a build , this was great help

cheers mate your videos are really thorough a lot of people just breeze through without any quality shots.

Thanks to save my life cause my computer power button has broken and I switched that reset button to power now .

Why does this have so many dislikes? I find that he explained everything clearly and the comments seem to agree. So a genuine question, what do people dislike about this video

Thank you so much man. I was very confused on this part and this video saved my day. You just helped me build my first computer. Thx

Positives are indicated by a plus or an arrow. That’s all I needed. Best video 10/10

Nice detailed video and still very helpful after 6 years... 😊

I loved how he explained every tiny detail, possible mistakes and results etc.

Now that I've found a video that fully explains, it is extremely easy! Thank you so much.

Built a pc for the first time today and this video helped a lot. Thank you.

Extremelly well made video!!! Almost every pc built tutorial skips this part, making us feel insecure about it! Many,many thanks!!!

Thank you! Your comment that the arrowhead means it's the positive side has been very helpful..... I imagine it's probably just assumed that most people know this, but I was lost as my case's manual hadn't pointed this out!

Finally someone who knows what the arrow meant I had connected all my cords using the knowledge that my LED's top cord was positive and assumed all other cords followed the same pattern.... I was right but it was super worrying thank you so much now i can actually turn on my PC.

I'm still in the buying stages of building my PC, and my case is coming tomorrow. I have this crappy 13 year old motherboard, so I want to make sure I can get the case running ahead of time. Good video.

Thank you very very much, i did not want to risk damaging my first pc build and this saved me. I waited 2 days to look and found your video on google. my problem was that it did not had positive or negative marking and you confirmed by talking about the arrow being positive, thank you

Always hated this part with a passion. You make it seem so simple. THANK YOU!

Super nice idea for a short tutorial on this part of motherboard connections, I know this is an older post but so many so called tutorials on pc building never really cover this most important part of the installation. Thanks for a real clear instructional on how to properly do this.

As I'm pulling my hair building my computer, this videos felt like I reached heaven.

Thanks! I went online and looked up my mobo f_panel configuration.

I know this is really old, but it was quite helpful. Especially explaining what will happen if you get them switched around.

Finally a video will actually have connectors would have two inputs

Thanks bro.. I have been confused and can't even tell which side is positive and negative. Now I know..

Brilliant video and a clear explanation of the tricky subject of front panel connections. Good clear diction without the need for the usual crappy music accompaniment. My Foxconn board only shows numbers 1 to 10 with no + or - symbols and no manual. This video is the only one i've found that provides an explanation that helped me cross reference with success. I'm most grateful thanks.

5 years since my first build and I still need to look this up

Man I wanted to clean the dust and after recconecting some wires I meet theese wires and i didn't find my motherboard s manual so I see which is the positive or negative side then I searched RU-vid and find this I'm glad I found this helpful

Thank you very much for this video. The first time I disassembled/assembled a computer in class (basically yesterday), that was my first mistake. I should have taken notes more carefully and as a result, I was trying to figure out how to connect those connectors for hours. Again, thank you very much. It really helped.

Very clear, easy to digest video! I like your sedate, gentle manner of speaking. Thank you so much for your help.

Wow. i'm watching this over and over again.

Thank you so much. Helped a ton