There is an F_PANEL connector that bundles all those together, but some case manufacturers still split them up for some reason. One guy on here wanted his HDD light to stop blinking, maybe they do it for him.
quelargo
This is why standardization is so important.
A_Neko
Agree, and all that’s really needed would be the Power Led and Power Switch imo.
That’s all my case had luckily
Darklord_Bravo
It’s been literal decades, and this has never been standardized. So weird.
clark1785
quit crying n00b
_Dai_Dai
Not even difficult
SqBlkRndHole
*Laughs in DOS*
dzordzLong
It used to be so much harder … that what you are holding is sooo simple compared to what it was back in the day.
_nism0
How would you do it better?
sandfleazzz
Put on your glasses and get on your knees..
Natural-You4322
wait till you get single pins instead of 2 pins together
HST_enjoyer
I plug in the power switch one and call it a day, don’t need any of the others.
StomachosusCaelum
Thats better than it used to be, where they were ALL individual pins, even the power and reset buttons.
To make this easier on yourself, you can spend a few bucks on a breakout connector – on one end it is the entire F_Panel block and the other end is the individual cables, so you arent trying to slide them onto pins on the motherboard. Then you can just electrical tape them together at the connection (so they dont come apart) and plug the block in.
Some ASUS boards ship with them standard, but you can buy them on the usual sites for 2-4$.
Freddyshustle
They are meant to be pulled apart!
Appropriate_Jump_579
“So how did you end up in the ER?”
“Im a F panel engineer”
“So you want a noose”
Audio_Storm1980
Agreed
Nicalay2
Wait until you hear about internal USB 3.0
tvcats
I’m going to share a tip but OP is hoping someone to get hurt for his own stupidity.
reav11
Dupont connectors have been a thing technically since 1951? So yea, it was a different time.
I still use them today for all kinds of electronics projects, they’re wonderful.
Goldman1990
Agree 100%, i don’t understand how some things havent been changed/standarized after like 20 years
icecoldcoke319
Funny because my case has one connector for this. Except using it will connect the HDD LED activity light which makes my power led blink forever. So I had to buy a splitter and deal with this cable 🤣
ooglieguy0211
There’s a reasonably good chance the person who designed that, many decades ago, has already died.
No_Berry2976
It’s from the olden days. And it used to be worse. I would love to see a complete redesign of the desktop standard, plus a standard for modular power supplies.
It’s not going to happen, but it would be nice.
TheJuicyLemon_
Luckily they make little adapters to plug them all in first and make it one whole connector.
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There is an F_PANEL connector that bundles all those together, but some case manufacturers still split them up for some reason. One guy on here wanted his HDD light to stop blinking, maybe they do it for him.
This is why standardization is so important.
Agree, and all that’s really needed would be the Power Led and Power Switch imo.
That’s all my case had luckily
It’s been literal decades, and this has never been standardized. So weird.
quit crying n00b
Not even difficult
*Laughs in DOS*
It used to be so much harder … that what you are holding is sooo simple compared to what it was back in the day.
How would you do it better?
Put on your glasses and get on your knees..
wait till you get single pins instead of 2 pins together
I plug in the power switch one and call it a day, don’t need any of the others.
Thats better than it used to be, where they were ALL individual pins, even the power and reset buttons.
To make this easier on yourself, you can spend a few bucks on a breakout connector – on one end it is the entire F_Panel block and the other end is the individual cables, so you arent trying to slide them onto pins on the motherboard. Then you can just electrical tape them together at the connection (so they dont come apart) and plug the block in.
Some ASUS boards ship with them standard, but you can buy them on the usual sites for 2-4$.
They are meant to be pulled apart!
“So how did you end up in the ER?”
“Im a F panel engineer”
“So you want a noose”
Agreed
Wait until you hear about internal USB 3.0
I’m going to share a tip but OP is hoping someone to get hurt for his own stupidity.
Dupont connectors have been a thing technically since 1951? So yea, it was a different time.
I still use them today for all kinds of electronics projects, they’re wonderful.
Agree 100%, i don’t understand how some things havent been changed/standarized after like 20 years
Funny because my case has one connector for this. Except using it will connect the HDD LED activity light which makes my power led blink forever. So I had to buy a splitter and deal with this cable 🤣
There’s a reasonably good chance the person who designed that, many decades ago, has already died.
It’s from the olden days. And it used to be worse. I would love to see a complete redesign of the desktop standard, plus a standard for modular power supplies.
It’s not going to happen, but it would be nice.
Luckily they make little adapters to plug them all in first and make it one whole connector.