Most ATX motherboards have those same pins for 'interfacing' with the computer case… depending on the manufacturer they vary on position (hence loose wires at the case end) but never function. So i guess there is a standard somewhere.
they usually looks like this:
and you connect wires like these:
I looked on the ATX standard but there only seems to be board sizing and the power connector.
I'd love to have the specs for everything on that bundle… but if not, to unblock my work i'd just need to know now the LED (power_led, or p_led) specs. Do I need a resistor? or just a led? which leds are compatible? 5V? 3V?
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Out of all the manufacturers I have seen Intel to follow a standard. Few manufactures like Asus, Gigabyte and others follow them also in their motherboard designs.
While Asus follows the Intel standard on their micro-atx cheap boards, I have seen them use an intermediate connector to make front panel connections easy. It was called Q-connector. I believe that the first picture in your post if of Asus motherboard with Q-connectors.
I believe that the LEDs used in such cases are 5v LEDs with built in resistor.