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How do I get my cabinet to turn on?
yaksplat:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on February 14, 2012, 10:58:07 am ---Be forewarned...if the system you are using is a Dell or one of the other mass-marketed systems you are likely in for a challenge. The button on the front is built into a circuit board. On most cases you would buy for a DIY system the button simply has a pair of leads running to the motherboard. There are a couple threads from around a year ago where someone did a really good write-up on getting his Dell setup with an external button.
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Interesting. Every dell that i've opened has a distinct pair of wires running from the power switch to the main board, including one that was just purchased. I have yet to see this circuit board.
monkey puzzle:
--- Quote from: yaksplat on February 14, 2012, 12:15:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: bkenobi on February 14, 2012, 10:58:07 am ---Be forewarned...if the system you are using is a Dell or one of the other mass-marketed systems you are likely in for a challenge. The button on the front is built into a circuit board. On most cases you would buy for a DIY system the button simply has a pair of leads running to the motherboard. There are a couple threads from around a year ago where someone did a really good write-up on getting his Dell setup with an external button.
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Interesting. Every dell that i've opened has a distinct pair of wires running from the power switch to the main board, including one that was just purchased. I have yet to see this circuit board.
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My PC is a Dell, and it has 2 wires coming directly from the power button on front. No circuit board.
madmatt:
I believe some of the older dells had the CB on the front.
What I did was installed a microswitch to the psu and mounted it behind the coin door.
So every time i push the coin eject button it will turn on.
Works great if I can get the switch to stay. Oh well more glue!
MM
OUT :afro:
Richard_Nixon:
I know I've encountered the front panel CB on some of the thin desktop style HP machines. Fairly new ones.
Drnick:
It is mostly older Dell "Business" Machines and HP Units that have a small controller board that the Power & reset switches LED's and Headphone sockets etc plug into.
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