ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero Motherboard

[DigitalEngine]

ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero Motherboard reset switch.

Greetings DE,

 

I am assembling a new machine this weekend, not my first time by any means. I am using the ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero and I am puzzled by the Reset Switch connection. I have never run into a three wire reset switch connection.

 

I looked around the Googleverse and couldn't find a concrete answer, so I would like to ask you what you did with that connection?

 

It's not a big deal since I can't remember the last time I used the reset switch on PC.

 

Thanks for your time,

cichlidfan

This connection can be confusing because of the way the diagram is presented.

Reference page 1-41 of the manual.

Basically the connections are made in a horizontal manner, 2 rows, left to right just as you would read a book. Ignore the vertical lines separating the connector into what appears to be pin pairs.

 

So the reset switch connection is row 2, pins 3, 4, & 5.

My reset switch is a 2 pin connector, therefore connecting to pin 3 (ground) & pin 4 (RSTCON#).

Hope this helps!

Edited June 5, 2016 by DigitalEngine

[cichlidfan]

I saw a post out there somewhere that indicated that did not work, which is where I became puzzled. Before I decided to ask, that is what I had intended to try first, since the +3v does not make sense for a reset switch.

[BitMaster]

it must be a simple 2-wire thing....usually the middle pin is blank...

 

try with a metal screwdriver...I mean...only a few choices how it can be made up..

[cichlidfan]

Actually, it would be just as easy to try it with the actual switch.

[Abburo]

In attached pic, yellow color marks the correct reset switch.

[cichlidfan]

In attached pic, yellow color marks the correct reset switch.

 

I have that sorted. The question remains that the manual indicates that the reset switch uses three pins, including the one marked +3V, which makes no sense.