Dell power switch

[Keller888]

Can anyone take a look at this and make a suggestion.  I want to extend the power and reset switch from my Dell computer to my control panel.  I figured i could just splice in some wires between the switch and the mobo, but when I took it apart i got a surprise.  The power/reset switch has a small printed circuit board that is attached to the mobo by what looks to be a 14-pin plug, i didn't count it though.  here is a pic.  Has anyone had success doing this?  I want to be able to turn on my cabinet with a button or switch from the control panel?  What wires do I extend, or is there a different way to do it.  Do they make a longer extension of this cable, that would work too....
The FAQ didn't really cover this, so i'm posting here.  Any help would be awesome!

[SOAPboy]

you'll be soldering..

i have a mobo sitting on a shelf from a dell, theres just no way to do it without desoldering those buttons..

[TOK]

I have an old P3/933 Dell from work that has this same cheese setup. I want to use it in a bartop, so I'm interested in reading this. Everything on that machine is half---I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--. You can't even install a regular sized AGP card in it due the low profile case. I figured on just extending all of the wires on the switch.

[SOAPboy]

Desolder the buttons.. Solder wire in place of it, run said wire to new switch..

itll work, its just a pain in the ass

[Keller888]

SOAPboy, thanks for the reply..i figured that would be the way, nothing is ever easy is it?  My next question..your saying desolder the 2 switches off the pcb, right.  then attach wires from where they were soldered to the new location, and hook the switch back up, correct? (leave that 15 pin cable alone, right).   can i instead hook up a different kind of switch or cabinet button to those wires? 

[bishmasterb]

I don't see any need to remove the existing switches, leave those in place. Simply solder two leads off the existing switch, and connect them up to a new momentary contact switch. You can get one at Radio Shack for a few bucks, or I've even simply used a regular Happs arcade button as the power switch before, which works great (although it does take up extra room on the control panel).

[sc1103]

I was doing the same thing as Keller888 but I took the connector off the mobo, to my suprise a couple of the 14 or so pins were labeled power...can i just loop wire around these or should I be afraid of frying the motherboard b/c the wire could touch other pins...if so, how do you remove the metal grate in front of the little circuit board so I can desolder the buttons?

[Keller888]

Thanks for all the help guys, I got it working last night, works like a charm.  I basically left the existing switch in place, and just soldered two wires to the original solder points under the pcb (first i used a multimeter to figure out the +/-).  Then I ran the wires up to the side of cab, just out of sight behind my control panel, drilled a hole and attached the wires to an extra happ microswitch button I had left over.  Works like a charm!!  Thanks again