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| monkeybomb:
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| DaOld Man:
You do not want to tie the pushbutton switch to gnd and power. This will create a direct short. Or maybe Im missing something? |
| Howard_Casto:
Poor choice of words... by power and ground he means the vcc and gnd of the original power switch, not the power supply. As I said before ... it's just a switch, two wires go into the switch.... tap into those two wires. |
| vwalbridge:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on November 10, 2015, 09:41:08 pm ---it's just a switch, two wires go into the switch.... tap into those two wires. --- End quote --- Exactly. There is no reason to make this any more complicated. Hell, bridge the solder posts under the original switch with a flat head screwdriver if your curious. I bet the computer turns right on. |
| Alaska:
--- Quote from: vwalbridge on November 10, 2015, 10:29:50 pm --- --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on November 10, 2015, 09:41:08 pm ---it's just a switch, two wires go into the switch.... tap into those two wires. --- End quote --- Exactly. There is no reason to make this any more complicated. Hell, bridge the solder posts under the original switch with a flat head screwdriver if your curious. I bet the computer turns right on. --- End quote --- Easy to do and bypass removing the button and cutting the cords. As mentioned --- Quote from: Alaska on November 09, 2015, 02:29:09 pm --- --- Quote from: vwalbridge on November 09, 2015, 11:30:40 am --- --- Quote from: Alaska on November 09, 2015, 11:26:43 am --- --- Quote from: vwalbridge on November 06, 2015, 03:10:30 pm ---Doesn't look like that motherboard has Power Switch headers/pins. The board does have power sw solder pads near the main power molex but no pins. Bust out the old solder iron and solder your two wires from the arcade button to the back side of that original case tactile switch. Done. --- End quote --- If I do this and leave the old power button in place do you think that the arcade button would function and the computer would not report the error? --- End quote --- Yes, I would imagine so. That motherboard is probably programmed to look for that "daughter-board" every time it initiates. As long as you leave that daughter-board plugged in and solder the wires to the bottom of the power tactile switch, you should be good. --- End quote --- I'll give it a whirl when the buttons get in next week. Thanks for the help! --- End quote --- I attached two wires to the arcade button then (on the first try) touched the wires to the bottom of the solder points associated with the on off switch. The points that I used were the upper right (power - this can be traced to the power on the harness - slot 12) and the lower right solder point. In the picture below there are four solder points associated with the on/off switch that are located just above the circle. I hit the arcade button, and the unit powers up and auto launches HyperSpin. Now I need to work out the bugs with the emulators and mapping through RocketLauncher and I should be all set to go. Thanks again for the help. |
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