Front Panel I/O Case Adapters For Dell Optiplex Proprietary Connectors (Conversion Kit For Budget Gaming PC's)

[harbinrepairs]

 

 

There's a lot of guides on how to built decent gaming PC's using decommissioned Dell office PC's, but most of them reuse the ugly stock case instead of a standard modern PC case. We've been working on an adapter kit that's finally available that allows you to connect the front panel I/O to the proprietary front panel header on some of the Dell Optiplex motherboards (390, 3010, & 3020 currently). The 5/6 pin power button header adapter will work with most Dell Optiplex, Inspiron, and Vostro desktop motherboards with the 5/6 pin power button header but it alone won't remove the annoying front panel error. 

  

 

This project was designed for the mid tower (not SFF or small form factor) desktops. It allows you to connect standard PC case front panel headers to the Dell Optiplex 390, 3010, and 3020 motherboards (790, 7010, & 7020 models are currently not compatible since they use a different connector, however the power button header is the same). You can get these desktops for around $100 or less with 8GB of RAM and an i5-4590/4570 on eBay, just add an SSD, GPU, and PSU and you're all set. WARNING! Connecting these adapters in the wrong orientation or with the wrong models could result in damage to your motherboard. Do not use these adapters with models other than the ones mentioned above except for the power button adapter.

 

By the way, everything is open source so you can get schematics and more info on my Github here: https://github.com/HarbinRepairs/Dell-Optiplex-MB-Header-Adapters

 

Thanks for checking out this project!

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by harbinrepairs

[LogicalDrm]

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