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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Dougmeister on March 26, 2005, 03:05:46 pm
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.?