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Lunar_Lamp
06-03-05, 07:50 AM
Today my Super Flower SF-464T2-BK (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=55432) arrived. Seems a pretty nice case (though I've never seen a really nice one close up, so I'm maybe not the best one to judge. However, I have a problem, there is a ribbon cable going from the front panel for things like power switch, power led, reset switch and hdd LED. Whilst they are labelled as such, their polarity is not, and I can't find any info on the Super Flower website to explain it (and their support thing doesn't seem to work for me). They supplied the info required for the usb connectors etc, but not for the other bits!

Please could anyone give me any help/advice on this.
Kill_A._Byte
06-03-05, 07:57 AM
Do you have the manual for your Mother Board? This should give you Idea where things should go.
Also if your swapping cases check and record wire placement before swap.
Lunar_Lamp
06-03-05, 08:01 AM
Yes, I have the manual, my problem is from the case end. I know what is positive and negative on the motherboard, but not on the wires!
Kill_A._Byte
06-03-05, 08:07 AM
Look closely at wire connectors.(ends) There is usually a small arrow to show you pin 1 (pos). Also color (red, yellow,blue...) is pos, white, black neutral, neg.
Hope this helps,
Killa
Lunar_Lamp
06-03-05, 08:16 AM
Yay, thanks Kil_A._Byte - I didn't know that white was also standard negative!
Kill_A._Byte
06-03-05, 08:24 AM
Yay, thanks Kil_A._Byte - I didn't know that white was also standard negative!
Depends on situation but white is a neutral color. neutral=neutral
When we wire a house on this side of the pond :eh?: white is neutral.(-)
Lunar_Lamp
06-03-05, 12:07 PM
lol, don't worry, you didn't kill the pc, it worked loverly thanks.
Just spent the last 2hours doing cable management, then realised that I hadn't put the power back into the hard drive, and had to do a major chunk of it again (as I had reverse mounted the hard drive, and had to mount the PSU upside down *sigh*

It's looking good though, I'm a bit gutted I'm only building it for my sister, I kinda likes the look of it - so much potential for some amazing cooling projects too. Anyway, thanks again!
Kill_A._Byte
06-03-05, 12:10 PM
No Problemo, nice to know I could help.
Killa