Front Ports

[zaneyard]

I have a question about front ports such as eSATA, Audio and USB on the Case
how do you run those from the mobo?
does the mobo have to have those ports already mounted on the back for it to have the capability to setup front case mounts?
Thanks again.

[IdiotWithGuns]

The front ports usually act as extenders from your motherboard.
If you look inside of your case you should see wires that are comming out from the front of your pc.
Carefully identify which wires you have and then refer to the manual of your motherboad on how to properly connect them.

Hope this helps.

[zaneyard]

The front ports usually act as extenders from your motherboard.
If you look inside of your case you should see wires that are comming out from the front of your pc.
Carefully identify which wires you have and then refer to the manual of your motherboad on how to properly connect them.

Hope this helps.

Thanks. This is going to be a future problem if i end up putting together that rig.
If the mobo has those ports mounted on the back do you think it might have the capability to mount front case ports?

[copulatingduck]

Motherboards usually have several pins to run wiring for front ports that run from pins coming off the main face of the board (ie, the inside of the case, not the back like you're talking about). You shouldn't have any problems.

In general, the case has some wires coming from the preinstalled front ports. you just connect these cables to the corresponding pins on the inside of the case.

[zaneyard]

Motherboards usually have several pins to run wiring for front ports that run from pins coming off the main face of the board (ie, the inside of the case, not the back like you're talking about). You shouldn't have any problems.

In general, the case has some wires coming from the preinstalled front ports. you just connect these cables to the corresponding pins on the inside of the case.

How would i know what the mobo is capable of?
also, thanks for the info, i had not known how it is hooked up

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=806.msg20694#msg20694 date=1215799261]
Motherboards usually have several pins to run wiring for front ports that run from pins coming off the main face of the board (ie, the inside of the case, not the back like you're talking about). You shouldn't have any problems.

In general, the case has some wires coming from the preinstalled front ports. you just connect these cables to the corresponding pins on the inside of the case.

How would i know what the mobo is capable of?
also, thanks for the info, i had not known how it is hooked up
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Ummmm.... idk about eSata, but hookups for front port audio and usb is basically a given.

[zaneyard]

[quote author=zaneyard link=topic=806.msg20755#msg20755 date=1215811263]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=806.msg20694#msg20694 date=1215799261]
Motherboards usually have several pins to run wiring for front ports that run from pins coming off the main face of the board (ie, the inside of the case, not the back like you're talking about). You shouldn't have any problems.

In general, the case has some wires coming from the preinstalled front ports. you just connect these cables to the corresponding pins on the inside of the case.

How would i know what the mobo is capable of?
also, thanks for the info, i had not known how it is hooked up
[/quote]
Ummmm.... idk about eSata, but hookups for front port audio and usb is basically a given.
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ok, thanks
would this be the spec that i am looking for

"Onboard USB
Onboard USB 4 x USB 2.0 "

as opposed to

"Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 2
USB 6 x USB 2.0
eSATA 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s
Audio Ports 6 Ports "?

[Ceceil Felias]

Front eSATA just connects to regular SATA connections, as far as I know. It's the exact same protocol and design, it's just that eSATA's got a more durable jack design and more shielded cabling.

[jdub28]

How numerous are front eSATA cases? I have yet to see one outside of Newegg.

[HeK]

Pretty much all Antec cases support eSata now.

My question, how do you power eSata? The eSata bracket that came with my Gigabyte P35-DS3R has two Molex plugs on it.

[zaneyard]

Front eSATA just connects to regular SATA connections, as far as I know. It's the exact same protocol and design, it's just that eSATA's got a more durable jack design and more shielded cabling.

thanks, i was about to go look at a case w/o the eSATA cause the mobo i picked out didn't have Internal eSATA on it.

[copulatingduck]

Pretty much all Antec cases support eSata now.

My question, how do you power eSata? The eSata bracket that came with my Gigabyte P35-DS3R has two Molex plugs on it.

???? That's a question for the ages.

[zaneyard]

[quote author=HeK link=topic=806.msg20856#msg20856 date=1215838107]
Pretty much all Antec cases support eSata now.

My question, how do you power eSata? The eSata bracket that came with my Gigabyte P35-DS3R has two Molex plugs on it.

???? That's a question for the ages.
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I will query my god, GOOGLE!

[zaneyard]

Pretty much all Antec cases support eSata now.

My question, how do you power eSata? The eSata bracket that came with my Gigabyte P35-DS3R has two Molex plugs on it.

can't find anything, my guess is that it would be molex

[HeK]

I think you are to buy external HD cases with their own power supplies and provide USB/Firewire/eSata.

[copulatingduck]

I think you are to buy external HD cases with their own power supplies and provide USB/Firewire/eSata.

Exactly. Which is why I was wondering why your eSata bracket came with two molex plugs on it. ????