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| Howard_Casto:
Well that isn't going to be the best option. Modern operating systems safely shut down when you tap the power button, which is what you want. There's a power button on the pc somewhere and two wires go to it.... splice into those two wires and hook that to your pushbutton and you are good to go. It's so simple a trained monkey could do it. |
| monkeybomb:
I have never had a problem with this before dealing with the optiplexes. This button is soldered on to that little breakout board, so there's no way for guys with low end soldering skills to tap in there. So the monkey simple hack has to be between the board and the mobo. When I did that, I only cut 2 wires and added the button. It totally works and turns on the PC. But something in the system isn't happy with it and I have the error, requiring a keypress to continue. Mala has the option to shutdown windows upon exit, which makes the power thing doable, but I'd still rather have a button if possible. I am about to use an optiplex on another project. If I am missing something, I would appreciate the training you think the monkey had, so that I can get between the breakout board and the mobo without this error. At the moment I plan on using the power solution. |
| DaOld Man:
Hello Alaska. If you get it figured out, how about posting a pic of your MB, with model #, and how you did it in this thread: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142735.0.html It might help someone later. |
| Alaska:
--- 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? |
| vwalbridge:
--- 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. |
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