The case connections should be listed in the manual.... That motherboard picture is too small for me to read the text on it... But the case plug-in are usually labeled in real small print. Usually like, Power +/-, reset+/-, HDD +/-, and such. If the light doesn't turn on for the Harddrive light on the case, then you need to cross the wires around from + to -.... Those pins are usually on the left side of the board.... That roll of pins, in black, on the lower left of that picture are probably the ones. I can barely read power led around that area of that picture; so it's most likely it. Power led translates to power light. HDD led should be in the same area, as well as the power, reset. and the PC Beeper Speaker plugin.
As for the Case fans.... if they are the small plugs, you can usually plug them into the motherboard via the Fan headers (look closesly at those case fan cables, sometime they are really those small ones with an added 4 pin molex adapter.) Those small fan header plug-in are usually scattered all around the motherboard. But, experience builders don't like using those things... they usually buy a 4 pin molex cable adaptor so to connect them directly to the 4 pin molex power. The fan headers on motherboards are infamous for shorting out, which could short out the whole motherboard in the process. (Although, there is probably more rumor than truth to that. I never had a problem with using them.)
Anyway... I only see one system fan header on that board, on the bottom.... it's labled sys fan... that white one. The other to the right is for the CPU fan.... That's a micro ATX type board, isn't it. Those added features are cutback from those micro ATX boards. Just plug your case fans directly to the powersupply via those 4 pin molex cables... (may need to buy a 4pin molex cable adapter.) If you don't have enough, then buy a splitter.... and share it with your DVD/CD rom drive....
4 pin spliter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189002
4pin to fan type cable, adapter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119149
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