New Case for Dell 4600

Polaris573 · Feb 9, 2006

I bought a new case for the computer I'm going to build this summer. In the mean time I wanted to put my dell motherboard in it. The only problem I can see is I can't connect the front power switch to the motherboard because the pins on the connector are "dell specific" and not labled. I'm remember somone puting their dell motherboard in a new case a few months ago but don't remember who it was and couldn't find the thread. Any suggestions anyone. I contacted dell, they led me in circles never admitting they didn't know the answer. I couldn't find anything on their community forums either.

wtf8269 · Feb 9, 2006

I would just take out the whole button/led thing and mod it into whatever new case you get.

Aevum · Feb 17, 2006

dell usualy uses propietary connectors for power and bottons,

i would suggest you dump the dell motherboard aswell, dell has a tendency of putting in ¨features¨ which force you to use official dell replacment parts with your dell equipment,

there was even a series of dell motherboards (foxconn made) which had a different power connector, so when you connected a PSU which wasnt a dell PSU, a white cloud would be the result,

Polaris573 · Feb 17, 2006

My motherboard was manufactured by foxconn and I can use a regular ATX power supply. I'm only buying parts that can be used in the new computer I'm building this summer (which is what the case is really for), so a new motherboard is out of the question since It would be foolish to spend $100 on a motherboard I'm going to dump in a few months. Anyway, after some time spent with a multimeter and some close scrutiny I believe I've discovered the information I need. I havn't tested it yet since I had to return my power supply for repair/replacement. Should be able to attempt it sunday. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll let you know how it goes.

Processor	LGA 775 Intel Q9550 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard	MSI P7N Diamond - 780i Chipset
Cooling	Arctic Freezer
Memory	6GB G.Skill DDRII 800 4-4-3-5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB PCI-E
Storage	1 TB Seagate 32MB Cache, 250 GB Seagate 16MB Cache
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	Onus
Processor	E8500 @ 3.95ghz ~1.25v
Motherboard	ASUS P5E Deluxe
Cooling	Scythe Orochi cpu, 5x 120mm Zalman red LED case fans, stock GPU coolers
Memory	8gb (4x2gb) G.Skill PC8000 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	2x ASUS 3870x2s
Storage	4x160gb RAID 0 Main, 2x 500gb RAID 0 media storage.
Display(s)	LG W2600H
Case	Lian Li PC-A70B, painted black and other modded aspects :)
Audio Device(s)	HT Omega Striker. Klipsch RF-3II fronts, Yamaha NS-A222 rears, Klipsch RC-3II center, Klipsch SUB12
Power Supply	Corsair CMPSU-750TX
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64, lots of games, photoshop n stuff.

System Name	Sample light
Processor	AMD Phenom II 965
Motherboard	MSI DKA790GX
Cooling	Zalman 9500LED
Memory	2x 2GB G-skill PC8500
Video Card(s)	Asus built AMD/ATI HD4850
Storage	500GB Wesern Digital green
Display(s)	too ashamed to tell, but its an acer
Case	Lian Li V2000
Audio Device(s)	Echo Audiofire 2
Power Supply	Corsair VX550
Software	Windows XP pro SP3

Processor	LGA 775 Intel Q9550 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard	MSI P7N Diamond - 780i Chipset
Cooling	Arctic Freezer
Memory	6GB G.Skill DDRII 800 4-4-3-5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB PCI-E
Storage	1 TB Seagate 32MB Cache, 250 GB Seagate 16MB Cache
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

New Case for Dell 4600

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