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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on October 02, 2025, 01:57:10 pm ---It will "work", but won't fit inside the SFF case.
Yours looks like this, yeah? Slimmer, with the fan sticking out.
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Yes - the power supply that I think is fried looks exactly like that. The SFF case is for the spare PC. The PC inside of my cabaret cabinet doesn't even have a case. The power supply is literally taped to the floor of the cabinet with a little block I cut for the other side so it would be level haha.
It's probably time to update the PC but if the power supply I ordered works I'll use it as a band-aid until it craps out again...
javeryh:
It was the power supply! The new one arrived yesterday and I swapped it out and it's working again. What a relief! It still runs slow as hell though.
In the meantime, I started setting up a separate PC that I'm probably going to swap in if I can figure out how to power it on with an external button. It's a SFF HP Elitedesk that doesn't have any motherboard pins, which is super annoying. So I think I need to solder 2 wires to the board where the current power button is located? Does that sound correct? This is what the power button looks like inside the Elitedesk:
The two thick posts in the first image are what I think need to be shorted to power on the PC. I used my multimeter set to continuity and got a beep when I connected them. You can see underneath the motherboard where the solder points are. I think I'll be OK because it's a bit of a mess so I just need to heat up what's there and connect a wire to each contact point. Does that seem correct?
Also, I forgot what a huge pain it is to set up a PC for this cabinet with Hyperspin and RocketLauncher and Hypermarquee. I would use something easier instead of Hyperspin but I can't figure out how to precisely locate the marquee window on the marquee monitor. Launchbox and Attract Mode just center the marquee image on the second screen and I need a window I can drag to the correct location. I would also need to figure out how to map the Pause button to also work for "Exit to Gamelist" if you hold it down for 3 seconds. RocketLauncher has a setting for this.
So... anyone got any suggestions? :cheers:
jeremymtc:
--- Quote from: javeryh on October 08, 2025, 04:16:57 pm ---The two thick posts in the first image are what I think need to be shorted to power on th PC. I used my multimeter set to continuity and got a beep when I connected them. You can see underneath the motherboard where the solder points are. I think I'll be OK because it's a bit of a mess so I just need to heat up what's there and connect a wire to each contact point. Does that seem correct?
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Yep. Shorting those two posts is exactly what you'd want to do. Soldering leads to those should be pretty easy with a little flux. Run those wires to a button and you're in business.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: jeremymtc on October 08, 2025, 06:38:20 pm ---Yep. Shorting those two posts is exactly what you'd want to do. Soldering leads to those should be pretty easy with a little flux. Run those wires to a button and you're in business.
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Thanks. Good to get confirmation.
I think I have to replace the PC. The power supply swap worked but it's still acting funny. I can no longer turn it on/off with my external power button. I disconnected it and maybe I put it back on the wrong pins? I can't figure it out.
The black set of pins is what I'm connecting to:
Where can I find a pin-out for this? I connected the button to the first 2 pins:
X O
X O
X
X X
X X
The "O" is where I connected the button. The PC powered on as soon as I plugged the button in (without pressing it) but it won't power off like it used to by pressing the same button. I suspect I'm using the wrong pins...
Zebidee:
Does this help?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PcBuild/comments/17y8x3u/need_urgent_help_for_mother_board_hp_elitedesk/
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