The front panel has fallen off of my eMachine. Unfortunately the tiny cords for the power switch, harddrive led, and system power indicator have come unplugged. Does anyone have access to a diagram showing how these cords should be plugged in?

tonyhaynes1@yahoo.com, February 2006

The photos you sent me were of a hard drive connection plate. The connection pins you want are situated on the motherboard itself (normally on the bottom right) this should have some printed letters on it which are abbreviated forms of the connection names such as ATXPWR is the power cable.

I hope this helps, if not, send me some close up photos of the motherboard pin layout described above, and I will tell you EXACTLY how to reconnect this.

Preseli Computing, March 2006

You should find that the motherboard Front panel connector pins are labelled to match the plug labels on the front panel wires.

The motherboard pins are normally located on the bottom left corner when viewing the motherboard installed in a tower system.

For more information, please email me a photograph of your motherboard and front panel cables (as close as possible) and the model number of the motherboard to: information@preselicomputing.co.uk

Preseli Computing, February 2006