please help computer geniuses

[ethanbrennan]

recently got a prebuilt pc want to change to case but worried i wont know where to plug in all the cables try too look up the manual online but no results 

motherboard VX2611G Motherboard

[Dedayog]

You should look up some Build Guide videos on Youtube, they will give you some insight as to how a PC is put together since buying a new case requires you to basically rebuild the PC from scratch.

[berberries]

mobo looks like an acer special BTX board. That ain't fitting in any other case. From the looks of the motherboard, theres only 2 cables. 1 huge 24 pin and one small 4 pin. They go into their corresponding holes.

[mariushm]

That motherboard is DTX form factor, which is different than ATX...  edit  : or maybe it's BTX ... either way it's not atx.

 

Cases may or may not accept the motherboard, depends on the standoff positions and how the metal sheet is shaped.

Basically you need a case that's a bit DEEPer.. or doesn't have 5.25" and 3.5" bays, to allow the big width of the board.

The first 4 standoff positions should be the same as atx  (the two by io shield and pci-e and the ones by the ram slot.

 

THe motherboard seems to have the standard atx power connectors and audio headers, so the front panel connector is most likely similar.

Look at the connector that plugs in the front panel header and you may see it has labels on each pair of wires.

There may be text printed by the header.

If no such luck,  just take out a connector at a time from the header and see what doesn't work. Most likely you have power switch, reset switch, power on led and drive activity led ... if you take one connector out and you can't power the pc, that's your power switch cable. If you take out a cable and reset doesn't work, that's your reset switch... if the power on led doesn't light up, you disconnected the power on led.

 

 

 

[LurkerKing]

4 hours ago, mariushm said:

That motherboard is DTX form factor, which is different than ATX...  edit  : or maybe it's BTX ... either way it's not atx.

 

Cases may or may not accept the motherboard, depends on the standoff positions and how the metal sheet is shaped.

Basically you need a case that's a bit DEEPer.. or doesn't have 5.25" and 3.5" bays, to allow the big width of the board.

The first 4 standoff positions should be the same as atx  (the two by io shield and pci-e and the ones by the ram slot.

 

THe motherboard seems to have the standard atx power connectors and audio headers, so the front panel connector is most likely similar.

Look at the connector that plugs in the front panel header and you may see it has labels on each pair of wires.

There may be text printed by the header.

If no such luck,  just take out a connector at a time from the header and see what doesn't work. Most likely you have power switch, reset switch, power on led and drive activity led ... if you take one connector out and you can't power the pc, that's your power switch cable. If you take out a cable and reset doesn't work, that's your reset switch... if the power on led doesn't light up, you disconnected the power on led.

 

 

 

DTX is, as you said, hole-compatible with ATX. It's basically micro-ATX with its feet chopped off.

It's definitely not BTX. One of the main characteristics of BTX is the CPU socket's position away from the rear IO ports.