Need Help With The Turn On/Off Buttons

[james33440 10+ year member]

First off, I just want to say that this PC isn't going in my car but it will stay in my room. I have installed everything and I have enough cables and connectors. However, I don't think I can power the pc up because the Power On/Off button on the front panel of the tower doesn't have the same pin # connector. I already closed the case up but I believe it was a 20-pin off the power supply. I do have the ATX Power Supply connector connected to the mobo though. So, that wasn't a problem.

As I said, everything is fine but I need to see what kind of power supply to get. I will buy a larger one around 300-watt I guess because the one I currently have is 200-watt and I am not sure how that one will handle the load off the PC and all the fans.

Do you know what pin connector I am talking about not having on my current PC? I downloaded the manual for this mobo off the Epox website and they say the mobo has a 20-pin connector for the power supply that supports the Remote On/Off feature and should be connected to the front panel PW_ON connector for the PC's power On/Off button.

If I am missing something could you please inform me? I just am not sure what else to do. I mean, everything is wired up but I have the one connector left that goes to the power button that you would press on the tower to turn the PC on.

Please help me......

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[james33440 10+ year member]

Well, maybe I am getting the names of the pins mixed. Anyway, here is a pic of what I am talking about. The connector from the Power On/Off Buttons are above the fan and the input for the connector is on the mobo near the bottom left of the right fan.

Any ideas?

 

[james33440 10+ year member]

Okay, so I have been searching to see if I am missing anything or if I forgot to connect something. Here's what I found, I guess there are 2 cable adapters that change the 4-pin connectors to those on the Mobo. Check it out....

I got it here....

http://www17.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20030721/nforce2_ultra_400-13.html

 

[james33440 10+ year member]

Sorry, I made a mistake. I have the Epox EP-8RDA+ motherboard. NOT the EP-8RDA3+ motherboard. Regardless, the pic at the top shows the connector that I have for the Power On/Off Buttons on the front panel of the PC and the input at the bottom of the mobo for the Power On/Off Buttons connector.

Which adapter do I need?