Case's power button is broken. Need some advice.

[Man]

So I've this very old Antec casing (NSK-4482b) and its power button is broken. Sometimes, the button gets stuck inside. It's working fine so far, but it's almost completely worn out. I'm thinking about ordering this replacement cable bundle, but I'm not sure if it's compatible with my case:

 

 

Here's the casing, for reference:

 

Do forgive my ignorance but does all ATX compatible cases have the same power/reset switches or do they differ from manufacturer to manufacture? I downloaded this case's manual and all it says is that this product is 100% ATX compatible. 

 

Google brought up nothing, unfortunately. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

 

[berberries]

it depends on your motherboard. as long as it is not a dell/acer/hp special, they should all conform to the atx standard and use the same sort of pins on the board. other way is that you can just short the power sw pins on your mobo with a screwdriver (free option)

[Stu_Bear]

I think you can jump start your pc using a screwdriver or paper clip if that's your concern...just connect the two pins on the mobo to either start or stop the pc. 

 

What would be cool is to install a "keyed ignition" so you literally stick a key into your case and turn it to start the computer   Also a choke nob like on the older cars/trucks of yesteryear....imagine the look on people's faces as you applied choke to start your pc!

[.Apex.]

28 minutes ago, Man said:

Do forgive my ignorance but does all ATX compatible cases have the same power/reset switches or do they differ from manufacturer to manufacture? I downloaded this case's manual and all it says is that this product is 100% ATX compatible. 

Being ATX form factor has nothing to do with the type of switch being used, open the front panel and look at the power switch and get the same one, although you can always connect the switch and have it hanging somewhere or put a hole in the front and hot glue your switch there, doesn't really matter it's just a switch.

[Man]

15 minutes ago, berberries said:

it depends on your motherboard. as long as it is not a dell/acer/hp special, they should all conform to the atx standard and use the same sort of pins on the board. other way is that you can just short the power sw pins on your mobo with a screwdriver (free option)

It's a fully custom machine with a Gigabyte H61M mini-ATX motherboard. Can't say I like the idea of jump starting the PC with a screwdriver! It's rather unnerving because I might accidentally short out something!

 

I'd rather put a jumper in there and call it a day!

 

9 minutes ago, Stu_Bear said:

What would be cool is to install a "keyed ignition" so you literally stick a key into your case and turn it to start the computer   Also a choke nob like on the older cars/trucks of

yesteryear....imagine the look on people's faces as you applied choke to start your pc!

LOL!

 

Oh yes, turn the key like a pro to bring the glorious, monstrous Pentium G860 to life! 

 

Talk about overkill!

 

Although I like the way you think. Very imaginative!

 

6 minutes ago, _Syn_ said:

Being ATX form factor has nothing to do with the type of switch being used, open the front panel and look at the power switch and get the same one, although you can always connect the switch and have it hanging somewhere or put a hole in the front and hot glue your switch there, doesn't really matter it's just a switch.

 

The reason I asked is because I used to have an Intel Celeron 300 back in the days (I'm quite old!) and if I recall correctly, its ATX chassis had similar switches and LEDs. Same goes to my next PC, a custom Pentium III 733MHz machine. Went all proprietary after that and kind of lost touch with custom machines, until recently. 

 

Don't want to tinker with my PC at 12:30AM!