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Can I Use Any Power Button With Any Motherboard?

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Kind of a lame question I know, but I've had my system spread out on my desk for a while now, but I've managed to modify an old HP OEM case (and cut my hand open doing it) to take a bigger case fan and stripped it out to make more room, so I'm hoping to move my system into it. The power button it has built into the case doesn't have seperate wires coming off it for different things like HD LED, Reset, PWR etc... it's just all grouped together in one connector. Can I just plug this onto my mobo and expect it to work!? Thanks :)
 

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Depends on the orientation of the grouped wires and the pins on the motherboard. I believe the arrangement has been standardized. I was able to put a Biostar MB into an HP OEM case and the wires matched up fine. So take a look and see.
 
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But no harm can come of it if I hook it up and it's wrong, right? It just won't work? :)
 
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But no harm can come of it if I hook it up and it's wrong, right? It just won't work? :)

If it doesn't power on and you don't damage the pins I can't think of anything bad.

One set of pins to turn it on, one to reboot it, then the others are just power on or activity LEDS.
 

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all the power button does is connect the two pins so that a current can flow.

you can use any push button for that, or any wire, or a screwdriver, possibly even your tongue
 
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I once out of inattention put one of the reset pins on another space it was supposed to be. It worked fine, needless to say, the first day I pressed reset, it went on an endless reset spin. Replaced it where it was supposed to be and it ran fine again. Its fare to say it will work ok but stuff like that is like playing russian roulette really!
 
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You can take the pins out of those connectors with a very small screwdriver or a safety pin. Just push the small metal bit in and pull the wire out. Then you can align the wires correctly.
 

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if one of the LED comes to be across the power or reset button pins. the LED may fail. thats all.
 
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but I've managed to modify an old HP OEM case (and cut my hand open doing it)

First its mobile charger powering a laptop now its cutting your hand open. Id quit on electronics if I were you or you end up being a RoboTyson
 

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all the power button does is connect the two pins so that a current can flow.

you can use any push button for that, or any wire, or a screwdriver, possibly even your tongue

i tend to use my car keys a lot, when testing systems.
 
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First its mobile charger powering a laptop now its cutting your hand open. Id quit on electronics if I were you or you end up being a RoboTyson

Cheers lol :)

Yea turns out this button matched up perfectly... now it's just THIS problem I have remaining, then my system is fine ^_^

High Temps on Scythe Mugen
 

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you know mike... everything in your case if ok except the CPU. get a new one. i know you have to change the mobo... so go AMD this time.
 
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you know mike... everything in your case if ok except the CPU. get a new one. i know you have to change the mobo... so go AMD this time.

It's true, but I don't have enough money for that :)
 
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