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Dell 8250 Front Panel Pin Layout

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coolego1

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Hey guys,
I'm building a new machine using an old Dell Dimension 8250 case I have. Since I'm using a microATX board, I've already re-drilled the holes for the mounting screws, and done some other machining, and now I'm ready to try to turn it on. There's only one problem; my friends at Dell put the stupid power switch wire in a USB 2.0 ribbon cable that I'm not using because it won't fit on my motherboard. I've gotten past every other proprietary wrench they've thrown at me, and I know there's a way to figure it out, I just need to know what the pin layout on that cable is.

Thanks
 
why don't you just trace the wires back to teh front panel and whatever theya re connected to.... color for color... Or is the ribbon cable a really thin tan/gold colored thing like from the innards of a cd player?
 
Ribbon cables are grey -- like a IDE cable -- they don't have any markings. It's actually worse than that, the power switch, HDD led, etc are connected by one grey ribbon cable to a small PCB that has the front USB ports on it & then a second ribbon cable goes from there to the Dell MB
 
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