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Wiring a button to the PC start up button
The Lumberjackass:
i too have a dell system in cab , its an xps 600 and it also has one of those boards connected by a ribbon.
do what i did and you wont have any problems. all you need is soldering iron and small pair of pliers.
(1) locate the original dell power button .
(2) now look at the back of it and you will see where the pins stick out . ( should be 4 of them )
(3) then take your pliers and start touching 2 pins at the same time to find the circuit ( pc will switch on )
(4) take a note of the pins which jumped started the pc and prepare a soldering iron.
now solder the ends of the new wires first and then continue to solder the wires to the pins.
this is easy to do provided you applied solder to the new wire first . and it doesnt matter what colour wire
connects to which pin ( positive or negative ) as all your trying to do is make a connection. happy gaming :)
gryhnd:
--- Quote from: Flip The Switch on July 30, 2010, 11:52:35 pm ---Whoops sorry ment to add the system in the cabinet, its a very old pentium 4 its also a Dell, I believe its just got the start button on the PC going to the jumpers on the mobo, maybe i just need to daisy chain from the PC button to the button on the cabinet?
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Also see http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=100211.msg1059143#msg1059143
Dr Zero:
Here is a cool little button you could use just run the leads from the old button to this one and be good to go
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/PB-143/HD-METAL-PUSHBUTTON-N.O.-MOMENTARY//1.html
Flip The Switch:
Thanks for the replies guys, im def gona look into this a bit more on my days off, the computer in the cabinet is infact a COMPAQ (eww) and not a dell sorry.
bkenobi:
Compaq, Dell, HP, Packard Bell, whatever. They all do stupid proprietary stuff to their systems to force you to buy a new machine if anything dies (or send it in to them to fix). Either way, you are probably going to have to do something similar to the previous posts in order to attach an external power button. It's not really that big of a deal, just something you'll have to figure out. Have fun! :cheers:
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