Dell 8250 Front Panel Pin Layout

[coolego1]

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

 

[TheStu]

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?

 

[coolego1]

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