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| Dougmeister:
Have the stupid proprietary connector running from the power on/reset buttons on my Dell to the motherboard. 8 dif't sets of jumpers on the MB, none of them really marked. 1) Will I hurt anything by randomly shorting out two pins at a time to see which ones are the power? 2) It is a Dimension 4100, P3-733, if that helps. Around 5 years old. 3) Is there a recommended way to splice the wires? Or should I try to solder onto the little circuit board w/ the switches? 4) Is there an easier/better way? Thanks. I've read up on this a good bit and most people seem to recommend those splicing connectors. |
| DaveJ-UK:
1.) Probably not. I've done it many times and never had anything blow. 2.) Not really. 3.) Just unplug the power switch connector from the mobo, get a spare plug thingy for it and wire that to whatever you want the new switch to be. 4.) Yes, see 3. |
| Paul Olson:
Butt connectors will work good. If you don't have any, twist the ends of the wires together and wrap with electrical tape. I would actually trust a connection like this more than the butt connectors. Paul |
| Dougmeister:
Thanks for the ideas. The actualy connector has room for 16 pins, but one is solid, so only 15 pins on the motherboard and 15 openings in the "molex-like" connector. It uses a ribbon cable in-between the connector and the circuit board that has the momentary on/off buttons. By looking at the back of the circuit board, each button has four (4) traces that lead to the wires. Am I better off finding a "spare plug thingy", splicing into the ribbon cable, cramming some wires into the existing 15-pin connector on the motherboard, etc.? |
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