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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
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