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What to do with a Dell front panel connector & new mobo
I was just posting about power supply issues here. I ran over to Radioshack and they actually had a 350W psu I snatched up. But the blasted thing still won't turn on. The last thing standing in my way is this darn front panel cable. It is a bunch of, thankfully individually labeled, wires for the power button & the on/processing LED blip lights. The case is from a Dell Dimension 2300, and the new mobo is a Biostar A880G+. I have my brother to help me with any soldering or rewiring, but I need to get this done by Friday ideally.
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To recap, my actual problem is that, although I can plug this connector into the mobo, it still will not turn it on. I can see from the labels that they do not match up. I am looking for suggestions on what to do. Is it possible to take these wires out of the black end connector piece, & rewire each of them to their own connector to plug into the appropriate socket? Is there a converter that exists that I haven't found yet? Should I just get a cheap new case?