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Title: Wire and jumpers for Power button to mb.
Post by: JesterDEV on September 20, 2002, 02:45:56 pm

I need to know where I might buy the jumpers that are used to connect the power button to the motherboard. I am hoping someplace local like say radio shack. And what gage wire do I use for this? Also what gage wire do I need for the control panel buttons?

Sorry for all the questions, but its payday and I'm going to buy the remaining parts for my cab.

Title: Re:Wire and jumpers for Power button to mb.
Post by: 1UP on September 20, 2002, 03:10:47 pm

I have never seen these connectors anywhere.  What I did was just cut the existing wires running from the case power button to the MB, and wired the cabinet power button in parallel to the case power button.  I also put a 2-pin male/female connection in line with the cab power button, so if I need to remove the PC to work on it, I can just unplug it from the cab power button, and still be able to turn the PC on and off with the reguar power button.

Title: Re:Wire and jumpers for Power button to mb.
Post by: SirPoonga on September 20, 2002, 03:44:59 pm

Another option, this way the power button on the cabient will still work.

Use wire taps.  3M makes some, called quick connect.  It will splice a wire with the existing power button wire.  Then you can use quick disconnects so the button or whatever to attach to it won't permanently be there.

I'd take a pic of what I mean but my website is having upload issues.

Here's 3M's link to what I used
http://products.3m.com/us/auto_marine_aero/products/aad.jhtml?powurl=GSDHXM3NW8gsGSLPLPKL4XgeGST1T4S9TCgvRMT00NZ63RglGMXGGDRPSZbl


Here's a differnt brand at Home Depot
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=NAVIGATION&CNTKEY=market%2fpg_zip_code.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1045132512.1032551000@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdkadcgfhfhmdecgelceffdfgidgjk.0&catOID=100009260&DRC=4&pos=undefined

Here's a better picture (for a different gauge wire)
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=NAVIGATION&CNTKEY=market%2fpg_zip_code.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1045132512.1032551000@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdkadcgfhfhmdecgelceffdfgidgjk.0&catOID=100009260&DRC=4&pos=undefined

Two wires goes in, you close it, that metal piece connects the two wires.