Power button cable doesn't fit on new motherboard

madcratebuilder · 06 Jan 2014

badger906 said:

asus also produce a quick q (I think thats its name) which is a little thing you plug all the leads into and then plug it directly onto the mobo. its designed for people who take their mobo out regularly. theyre normally shipped with their higher end mobos.

Best computer part money can buy IMHO, makes installing the case harness a 3 second job! ASUS does sell it as a stand alone part 2-3 bucks.

TVeblen · 06 Jan 2014

Problem for the OP is that the case connectors fit on the Quik-Q Block the same way they fit on the motherboard.

fspsyco · 07 Jan 2014

heres a picture of the connector for the power button as well as the board

fspsyco · 07 Jan 2014

also another thing to note is i have a different psu and gpu then stock

AddRAM · 07 Jan 2014

You have to customize the power button connector at the motherboard end, I`ve had to do it dozens of times.

Phone Man · 07 Jan 2014

The plug you have is a "panel" connector and is something HP did and is not standard. Your new board has the standard 10pin strip as shown by TVeblen. The MB also has USB connectors that look like that but the 5th pen is in the other position so you can't plug it into the wrong thing. Your original board had that matching connector as it was built to HP specs.

Jim

fspsyco · 07 Jan 2014

Phone Man said:

The plug you have is a "panel" connector and is something HP did and is not standard. Your new board has the standard 10pin strip as shown by TVeblen. The MB also has USB connectors that look like that but the 5th pen is in the other position so you can't plug it into the wrong thing. Your original board had that matching connector as it was built to HP specs.

Jim

hmm well what is the best thing i can do to get it converted to standard?

Phone Man · 07 Jan 2014

fspsyco said:

Phone Man said:

The plug you have is a "panel" connector and is something HP did and is not standard. Your new board has the standard 10pin strip as shown by TVeblen. The MB also has USB connectors that look like that but the 5th pen is in the other position so you can't plug it into the wrong thing. Your original board had that matching connector as it was built to HP specs.

Jim

hmm well what is the best thing i can do to get it converted to standard?

That connector is a 9-pin header for power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED.
You have to cut it off and rewire using one each of these for the Power, Reset and HDD Led.

2 pin motherboard connector

The Power Led is a 3 pin with the middle vacant.

Jim

fspsyco · 07 Jan 2014

i wonder if there is any adapters for it to convert to the standard 10 pin connecter anyone know of that instead of me potencially screwing something up by cutting wires

Phone Man · 07 Jan 2014

Here is another option if you can replace the switches and LED's on the panel. Comes with new switches and LED's

Amazon.com: StarTech.com Replacement Power Reset LED Wire Kit for ATX Case Front Bezel BEZELWRKIT: Electronics

Jim