Hardware Reference
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Figure 7-19.
Connect one end of each SATA cable to the corre-
sponding motherboard SATA port
Figure 7-20.
Connect the front-panel switch and indicator cables
The next step is to connect one of the front-panel audio cables to the audio
header pins, which are located at the left rear of the motherboard, near the PCI
expansion slot. The ISK300-65 case provides two monolithic front-panel audio
cables—HD audio and AC'97—that are keyed with a blocked hole that corre-
sponds with a missing pin on the motherboard connector. Align the HD audio
cable connector as shown in Figure 7-21, and press firmly to seat it.
The final step in installing the motherboard is to connect the front-panel USB
ports to the motherboard. The Antec ISK300-65 case provides a monolithic
10-pin (5
×
2) dual-port USB connector that matches the standard Intel USB pin
assignments.
The Intel D510MO motherboard provides two internal USB 2.0 header-pin sets,
but they are not identical. One set of USB header pins, labeled H in Figure 7-16,
provides standard connections for two USB ports. That's the one to which we'll
connect the front-panel USB cable. The second set of USB header pins actually
provides only one standard USB port, plus an LED signal pin. That set of header
pins is intended to be used to connect an internal SSD drive. We'll leave that
set of header pins unused, at least for now.
The Antec front-panel USB cable connector is keyed with one blocked hole
that corresponds to the one missing pin in the Intel USB header-pin group. Ori-
ent the cable connector properly and slide it onto the header pins, as shown
in Figure 7-22. If your case uses front-panel USB cables with individual con-
nectors for each wire (or a different connector block pinout), refer to the pin
assignment shown in Figure 7-16 to get those individual wires connected
correctly.
Do what you can to bundle and tie off the cables and tuck them out of the way.
Use the black plastic cable ties included in the ISK300-65 parts bundle.
