Re: Msi N1996 Motherboard Manual Pdf
Linda Berens
I had to exchange the case for an Acer Aspire M1201. The motherboard used in that build is an Acer RS740DVF. The trouble I'm having is that neither could I find a service or user manual for that motherboard, nor are the front panel pins labeled on the board itself. They are color coded though:
Providing the pin number (ie, which is pin 1) would be more helpful since most mobo manuals would illustrate pin-outs by numbers. But on most mobos, red would be hard disk led, blue is reset switch, green is power led (not sure which one on your picture above). You could try to momentarily short out any of the adjacent yellow pins to see which one would power on the computer (power switch connector). Also note that there are polarities on the led connectors.
The pins configuration described above for the Foxconn RS740M03A1-8EKRS2H worked for the front panel of an Acer RS880M05A1 motherboard, although there was an aditional jumper (2 pins) on the right of the front panel pins block, as it is show in the first posted picture of the Foxconn layout.
Even though the specification is 875-0720nd these systems can be customized and different version of the same motherboard may or may not have an m.2 Generally, if the spec or manual states the system has an m.2 it will have one If there is no mention of m.2 then one has to look to be sure.