I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 4300 which I have upgraded by adding a 2nd HD Maxtor 120 Gig
2nd cd-rom
Nvidia GeForce 4200 128 MB
larger power supply
With the stock Dell case I am starting to see heat-related issues. I bought a decent case PC Power & cooling, & would like to swap the entire contents of the Dell over to the new case. The 1 thing I missed was that Dell uses a "soft" type of power switch, rather than a plain mechanical style. There`s a small circuit board behind the power switch in the Dell`s front panel-- and a small ribbon cable running from that to the motherboard, with smaller connectors (less than 20-pins). None of these are labelled (naturally) So I don`t have a clue whih pin does what. All I want is to be able to power up, & maybe hook up the HD write LED.
Can anyone suggest a reasonably safe method for tracking down these connectors without frying anything??
The connectors form the power switch in the new case are all labelled--so that`s no problem. I`m no tech, but I`m not afraid to try... worst I can do is buy a new mobo, right??
2nd cd-rom
Nvidia GeForce 4200 128 MB
larger power supply
With the stock Dell case I am starting to see heat-related issues. I bought a decent case PC Power & cooling, & would like to swap the entire contents of the Dell over to the new case. The 1 thing I missed was that Dell uses a "soft" type of power switch, rather than a plain mechanical style. There`s a small circuit board behind the power switch in the Dell`s front panel-- and a small ribbon cable running from that to the motherboard, with smaller connectors (less than 20-pins). None of these are labelled (naturally) So I don`t have a clue whih pin does what. All I want is to be able to power up, & maybe hook up the HD write LED.
Can anyone suggest a reasonably safe method for tracking down these connectors without frying anything??
The connectors form the power switch in the new case are all labelled--so that`s no problem. I`m no tech, but I`m not afraid to try... worst I can do is buy a new mobo, right??