Removing back panel?

[Morpheus]

the problem is that i don't know which colors on the wires are postive or negative. so i likely don't have it plugged in correctly.

thanks

[tesco]

the problem is that i don't know which colors on the wires are postive or negative. so i likely don't have it plugged in correctly.

thanks

Switches don't have a positive and negative.
It will work either way.
If it doesn't work then you are doing it wrong.

[Morpheus]

by "switches," do you mean the connectors i'm referring to?

such a funny coincidence:
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/12098

[clocker]

Those "connectors" are for the switches.
Find the two wires that correspond to "Power On" and connect (either of ) them to the two motherboard pins.

[Morpheus]

i had looked at the manual the motherboard came with, so the wires should be plugged into the pinholes (or switches) correctly. the colors of the wires are white, black, red, or blue.

if "positive/negative" of the wires are irrelevant, then it's suppose to work...

i also tried different combination (flipping a particular connector for example).

[clocker]

What motherboard is this?

[Morpheus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...N82E1681312835

anyhow, yesterday i switched components w/ a working computer, namely this one (my brother's) and eventually found that the motherboard is dead.

[solved]

[Detale]

Don't you just hate that. I've only had a few DOA boards but when it happens it really sucks ass. After you get everything all set up and you look for the problem in denial saying "it couldn't be the board right?" and alas is is The worst. sorry man