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Jinn-Gon Qui Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:20pm

Motherboard CPU Pins Layouts

Are there any pin layouts for Intel Motherboards to know which pin does what; like ground pins, data transfer pins, etc. etc. etc.?

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Omega Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:23pm

Refer to your motherboard manual and then check good old Google for the data sheets.

Last edited by Omega; Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:52pm

Jinn-Gon Qui Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:33pm

Originally posted by Omega:
Refer to your motherboard manual and then check good old Google for the data sheets.

Already did that - nothing that I could find.

The specific Motherboard is the Gigabyte - Z170-HD3.

Omega Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:36pm

What pins do you want to know about?

Last edited by Omega; Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:53pm

Jinn-Gon Qui Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:38pm

Originally posted by Omega:
What pins do you want to know about?

Pretty much about the entire Motherboard's pins - unless, of course, the Z170/Z270 Motherboards have the exact same pins layout/s. But anything that would help understand about each pin and their functions.

tacoshy Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:43pm

Well for all Motherboards the pin layouts despite the Socket pin layout is different. The all have the same ATX 24 Pin alyout, They all have the same USB pin layout, the same CPU Power pin layout, the fans all have the same layout some with a 4th pin (PMW)...

If you mean the socket pin layout you need to search the Intel or AMD pin layout for that specific socket. Intel likes to name their socket by the number of pins.

Omega Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:43pm

Kind of a weird question to ask. Why would you want to know in the first place?

Check your motherboard manual or read the text on the board itself, if it mentions for example AC97 or USB2.0 do a google search on it.

EDIT:
Wait, I durped out, getting tired, time for bed. Didn't read the title, assumed you were asking about mobo pins.

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/09/lga-1155-pinout.png
The data sheets don't really provide any info. You will have to google to find out what each pin type does.

Last edited by Omega; Apr 15, 2018 @ 4:52pm

Jinn-Gon Qui Apr 15, 2018 @ 5:20pm

Originally posted by tacoshy:
Well for all Motherboards the pin layouts despite the Socket pin layout is different. The all have the same ATX 24 Pin alyout, They all have the same USB pin layout, the same CPU Power pin layout, the fans all have the same layout some with a 4th pin (PMW)...

If you mean the socket pin layout you need to search the Intel or AMD pin layout for that specific socket. Intel likes to name their socket by the number of pins.

Then I'm talking about the LGA 1511 socket. I'm trying to find the layout of said socket to know about each pin and their functions. This could help me in the future in case of any bind Motherboard pins and whether they're consequential to an entire build or not.

Originally posted by Omega:
Kind of a weird question to ask. Why would you want to know in the first place?

Check your motherboard manual or read the text on the board itself, if it mentions for example AC97 or USB2.0 do a google search on it.

EDIT:
Wait, I durped out, getting tired, time for bed. Didn't read the title, assumed you were asking about mobo pins.

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/09/lga-1155-pinout.png
The data sheets don't really provide any info. You will have to google to find out what each pin type does.

Because this could help in the future to know about each pin and their functions, and if one or two are bind, this can be helpful to determine whether a broken pin can be consequential to an entire build, at least that's according to some forums I came into and few people stated this.

And the link you posted is something similar I found, a comparison between a Z270 and Z370 Motherboards, but I didn't post the picture I found because I thought it was about something else.

Here's a comment as an example to what I'm trying to figure out, but still need an understandable layout regardless:

It depends on the function of the pin. If it's only ground, no. (which he means that if a broken pin is a ground pin, then it shouldn't stop a PC from working). If it delivers power or allows data to be transferred, yes. (which he means that if a broken pin is a power delivery or data transfer, then it will stop a PC from working).

Last edited by rotNdude; Apr 16, 2018 @ 7:17am

tacoshy Apr 15, 2018 @ 5:35pm

Originally posted by Blazko Boy:
Originally posted by tacoshy:
Well for all Motherboards the pin layouts despite the Socket pin layout is different. The all have the same ATX 24 Pin alyout, They all have the same USB pin layout, the same CPU Power pin layout, the fans all have the same layout some with a 4th pin (PMW)...

If you mean the socket pin layout you need to search the Intel or AMD pin layout for that specific socket. Intel likes to name their socket by the number of pins.

Then I'm talking about the LGA 1511 socket. I'm trying to find the layout of said socket to know about each pin and their functions. This could help me in the future in case of any bind Motherboard pins and whether they're consequential to an entire build or not.

you mean LGA 1151? Which 1151? LGA -1151 or LGA-1151-v2?

Jinn-Gon Qui Apr 15, 2018 @ 5:38pm

Originally posted by tacoshy:
Originally posted by Blazko Boy:

Then I'm talking about the LGA 1511 socket. I'm trying to find the layout of said socket to know about each pin and their functions. This could help me in the future in case of any bind Motherboard pins and whether they're consequential to an entire build or not.

you mean LGA 1151? Which 1151? LGA -1151 or LGA-1151-v2?

Sorry - typo. I'm talking about the LGA 1151 - non-v2.