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redarrow · 08-10-2004, 11:04 PM

Hi there

Tonight I was kinda bored so I decided to put a new mobo I had laying around into my old HP. Things were going good, HP was following the computer standards *cough*dell*cough*
until I found out that the thing that connects the power switch on the front didnt, couldnt, and wouldnt fit onto the new mobo.
It was specially made to fit only the HP mobo.

So, is there a way to mod the wires somehow to connect them to the mobo? Or is there a place on the internet that sells power switches? I really really dont want to buy a new case, cause Im saving up for a bass guitar and dont want to waste $40.

Please help, thanks

steveincolumbus · 08-11-2004, 05:53 AM

go to the local computer store, not best buy eiter, a localy owned place, and see if they have any junk cases they can rip one out of...

or just pull them pins out of the connector and slide them without the plasic over the mobo pins

redarrow · 08-11-2004, 02:26 PM

I tried your last suggestion and broke the wires... and there arent any computer shops around here..
so I just went ahead and bought a new case.
I can always wait a few more weeks for the bass guitar.

08-10-2004, 11:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
redarrow Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: i gotta go	Power switch problems Hi there Tonight I was kinda bored so I decided to put a new mobo I had laying around into my old HP. Things were going good, HP was following the computer standards coughdellcough until I found out that the thing that connects the power switch on the front didnt, couldnt, and wouldnt fit onto the new mobo. It was specially made to fit only the HP mobo. So, is there a way to mod the wires somehow to connect them to the mobo? Or is there a place on the internet that sells power switches? I really really dont want to buy a new case, cause Im saving up for a bass guitar and dont want to waste $40. Please help, thanks

08-11-2004, 05:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
steveincolumbus Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: BFE, Kentucky	go to the local computer store, not best buy eiter, a localy owned place, and see if they have any junk cases they can rip one out of... or just pull them pins out of the connector and slide them without the plasic over the mobo pins

08-11-2004, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
redarrow Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: i gotta go	I tried your last suggestion and broke the wires... and there arent any computer shops around here.. so I just went ahead and bought a new case. I can always wait a few more weeks for the bass guitar.