Dan Easley wrote:
> There's the big power connection to the motherboard that we're all
> familiar with. The motherboard I have has two additional 12V sockets
> - one that's square-shaped and one that's the same format as drives
> use. I plugged in both and had the same results as you - perhaps with
> more fear, as I thought that flash was something blowing (having no
> clue that the case has LEDs. :)
>
> I unplugged one of those additional 12V leads from the motherboard - I
> chose to unplug the drive-format one, freeing it up to power a drive,
> keeping the weird square-shaped one plugged in. It then ran fine.
> Apparently they are redundant, but you can only use one.
According to the Antec manual the square-shaped connector is the CPU
power connection. It is plugged in correctly.
> If none of the above, I suggest double-checking/experimenting with the
> direction that the power/reset-switch leads from the case are plugged in.
I'll try that. I always get that sort of thing mixed up.
Thanks for the suggestions ! :)
Best,
dp
Received on Sat Jul 29 00:15:15 2006
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