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‎02-02-2020 10:04 AM

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Product: hp prodesk 600 g1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I replaced the motherboard in my old HP ProDesk 600 G1 Tower. Unfortunately, the connector for the power on/off switch/LED is now too short and has a different connector. The new mainboard is a ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 board with the regular 9-pin system panel connector. I would like to make an adapter but I need the pin assignment for the HP Power On/off Switch/led Cable 710821-001. I have attached two pictures with the original mainboard (Merlin Rev. A) and cable connector (pin5 is blocked and not pin 9) Who can help?IMG_1974.JPGIMG_1973.JPG

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‎02-02-2020 04:05 PM - edited ‎02-02-2020 04:06 PM

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@Norberto74

These are HP front panel:

9pinpower.jpg

 

front panel.jpg

 

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‎02-02-2020 10:31 AM

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@Norberto74,

Unhappily you creation has a problem 🙄

1) It is no longer an HP product

2) The OS activation is now illegal, as it was only licensed to the original motherboard.

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‎02-02-2020 03:36 PM

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it was originally Win7 and I have purchased my own Win10 OS.

The hardware is rather old and so I upgraded it. Isn't there any way to get the pin assignment for the connector?
Everything else is working fine...

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‎02-02-2020 04:05 PM - edited ‎02-02-2020 04:06 PM

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@Norberto74

These are HP front panel:

9pinpower.jpg

 

front panel.jpg

 

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‎02-03-2020 02:38 PM

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@wb2001:
Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, this is not the pin assignment for the HP front panel. This is the standard connector, which is on my ASUS mainboard.
The HP front pannel connector (male pin header) looks like in the picture below
PowerButtonConnectorMerlin.JPGSee also my other pictures above - So I would need this pin assignment.
Thanks in advance.

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‎02-09-2020 02:12 PM

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Solved it in the meantime by myself by comparing the cable colors of the switch button

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‎03-06-2020 04:47 AM

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Could you share the solution with us? I have similar problem.

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‎03-08-2020 03:20 PM

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Sorry, I can't remember the exact color codes anymore. However, I removed the switch from the case and then I was able to see which color codes are from the turn-on/off button, the On LED and the HDD LED. Then I took the user manual of the mainboard and connected accordingly. Due to the different position of the connector on the new mainboard, I had to extend the cables with simple male-female connector cables.

hope this helps - good luck

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