madtrigger

This was one of my concerns. My main monitor has dp but the other two (which the desktop expands to) do not. That seems about right. But what do plug into the graphic cards ports? I would need a TB pcie card then with at least two ports? What I didn't mention earlier: I also have a Mac mini attached to the main monitor of my triple display setup as well as a USB switch to toggle inputs (mouse and keyboard) between those. Oh boy, it's becoming a mess -.-

Good morning, I have a desktop PC (ASRock X99 Extreme 4, Zotac GTX 1070 Mini) with 3 monitors as my main workplace. Now I would like to have a second (standing) desk (approx. 3 meters away) which connects to this desktop PC. I would like to equip this second desk with a mouse, keyboard and screen, but the existing desktop PC should serve as the main system. Can I solve this via a docking station and how would that exactly work? What other information do you possibly need from me? Thanks for any help and/or recommendations Kind regards, Goblerino

Unfortunately I can't tell, if it is worse than before because I have never benchmarked this system. But it doesn't feel any slower in games, which should be a sign, that the loss of performance is, if at all, marginal.

With brute force! The shrouding is a bit smaller than a default 2-Pin-Connector, therefore I had to kinda break it to make it fit on the pins. Btw: my PCIe riser arrived today. I just installed the graphics card (GTX 560), and everything works perfectly fine. And when you take a look at the photo ... yes, I screwed a piece of wood into my pc. It was the easiest way to attach the riser.

I think the two pins in the middle are for the led, since the outer two are for the power switch.

I wanna game on it, yes. The PCIe riser should arrive today or monday. I will have to build a little mount to hold it in place though. I am using a default atx case with a regular 2-pin power switch connection. I had to destroy the plastic socked but it works fine. Do you use a single-slot graphics card?

I just posted in another optiplex thread in this forum. My board arrived today and I got everything working so far. I have the same "problems" as you but I think I can live with them. I can confirm your statement on the 2 power pins; works fine for me, too. I installed 8gb of corsair xms3 ram onto it and an intel i5-2500k. Runs perfectly well on this Dell D28YY. The only thing I will have to solve in the next days is the graphics card. I can't install a 2-slot card because the 24-pin power connector is in the way. I just bought a PCIe riser which will hopefully solve this problem. I will write an update as soon as it arrives (will be around saturday I guess). For other people interested in this topic I will just link the other thread I posted in:

Okay, so my Mainboard arrived today and I started setting up my system. I only attached the PWR switch of the case which works nicely. Unfortunately, I had to break the plastic surrounding of the 5-pin socket ... but ... oh well, who cares. When the system receives voltage for the first time, it powers up automatically, which is weird but no problem since it only happens once. The system can be started without having the 34-pin frontpanel being installed! A general nuisance is the alert of missing dell components. You can skip them by simply pressing F1 but they will be shown every time I boot the system. The board complains about missing CPU fan cable, missing HDD fan cable, missing frontpanel and missing (5-pin) power cable, ... so basically it complains about everything that was proprietary and is now missing. I installed the stock CPU cooler and it gets its power via Molex to Fan adapter. It runs perfectly well – albeit at full speed. The biggest problem I now face is the installation of the graphics card. The 24 pin power connection is in the way of the cooler of my 2-slot graphics card. I now have to either buy a 1-slot card or a very short 2-slot card. Another idea I had was simply buying a PCIe adapter and place the card beneath the mainboard. What do you think about this problem? Which might be the best solution? Edit: I just ordered a PCIe riser which will hopefully solve my problem.

Thanks for your reply. I don't have the 34 pin connector since I want to use this board in a regular case / setup. Your excessive use of "may"s are really subjunctive – seems I will have to test it. But I really like your idea of just bridging the grounding pins. But how exactly would you do that? Would I have to connect GRND1 + GROUND3 and GRND2+ GRND4? I am in no way familiar with electronics.

I now checked out your links. Did I understand correctly that you HAVE to connect all wires to the 5-pin PWR-Switch-thing? I don't need reset or HDD led, so I would just go with the power switch itself (2 pins). Also, trial and error seems not that much of a deal since there are only 5 possibilities. Can you tell me, if you HAVE to connect a front panel? I don't need any front audio/usb/whatsoever, I will just use with the rear outputs. I also found my molex to fan adapter, so this problem should be covered B-)

Nice to see this many replies! Thank you! This whole build will become pretty tricky I guess. I also wanted to use the stock cooler ... but I should have some molex adapters lying around. My Board will arrive tomorrow and I will keep you updated.

If I build this board into a regular PC setup, is there even any need for this 34 pin connector? Also, as cdominic already said: the power switch is on a 5-pin connection, so even usb etc. should be accessible from the rear inputs. Right?

Can you please tell me which 2 of the 5 pins have to be used in a regular PC case, where there is only a 2 pin power switch? Thanks and kind regards!

Hi nixtone, have you found a solution to the 2-Pin-Power Switch Connection? I just ordered this board as a replacement and will face the same problem once it arrives. Is the 5-Pin cable in your photo an adapter or did you take it from somewhere else? Thanks in advance for a fast reply and kind regards, mad