- Joined
- Dec 17, 2018
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1
- CPU
- i7-6700K
- Graphics
- GTX 1060
Front panel and wiring (includes the USB/Firewire board).
Okay the credit here goes those that have gone before and documented the task.
The most recent documentation is/was provided by mooner (see page two of his thread here in this section of TonyMacX86). Adding the 5VDC lines to the 8 pin connector per his directions fixed the USB ports. Power button and power LED work with this documentation.
The front audio port is via three wires selectively pinned out to the MB Audio header. Note the front audio has to be selected in the Audio Preference Pane to be functional. Auto detecting switching audio ports would be desirable.
The FireWire 400 and 800 ports are functional. This is achieved by cabling to the PCIE FireWire/USB port adapter card (BYTECC PCIE USB/Firewire card, BT-PEFWBU2 sourced from Newegg). Note for the front FireWire ports to function correctly I had to provide power to the 4 pin connector on the PCIE card.
Also note that there is 3.3VDC to the 8 pin connector.
The plus of using this card, besides the front FireWire ports are the extra rear ports.
Hey neilhart,
The mode looks great.
Idk if you are still active rn, but I'm having problems with my Mac Pro mod atm.
I want to have the front USBs, Power button + LED and headphone jack to work.
Do you have any idea to do this?
If so what parts would I have to get to get these 4 things to work? (I don't want firewire).
Thanks in advance
-David