Dell Optiplex Mini Tower "napping" mod

[Pusbucket]

So I discovered that the Dell Optiplex 790 MT should accept a standard ATX motherboard. If that applies to mine, (Nope, just checked, mine is a micro-ATX, so can't use the board I have, but anyway) I'm thinking of slapping the I5-6600K board/cpu in there and make an upgraded daily driver for the wife.

she currently uses a stock Opti 790. Already have an after market 550 watt psu in there.

Apparently the biggest pain is the front panel connector with everything going into a single non-standard size 34 pin connector. The black connector between the SATA ports and the back panel. (not my opti 790 board pic)

      

 

But there are adapters available if you want to stick the Dell board into an aftermarket case;

 

My thought is the adapter is most likely a simple pass through rerouting the connections, so in theory I should be able to plug the FP connector and the adapter pcb into a male to male adapter;

 

 

and then the motherboard connectors onto the adapter.   So the front panel stuff should still be able to work with the new motherboard (except the diagnostic lights)

Same thing, just in reverse.

 

Any reason why that wouldn't work? 

 

Edited January 18 by Pusbucket
checked the size board my case will accept

[thrasher_565]

can use a remote on/off or a on/off button too.

 

some connectors might just be a connector well others might have some odd signal.  like the dell 5pin fans...just depends on how much they go out of there way.

 

you need to find the pinout to each think to make it work. were the usb wires is, were the led lights is, where the audio is. 

 

the mb mount not be stander too some times it is some times not. imo easier to just get a case. 

Edited January 18 by thrasher_565

[Pusbucket]

7 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

can use a remote on/off or a on/off button too.

 

some connectors might just be a connector well others might have some odd signal.  like the dell 5pin fans...just depends on how much they go out of there way.

 

you need to find the pinout to each think to make it work. were the usb wires is, were the led lights is, where the audio is. 

 

 

I shouldn't need to worry about the pinout, that's what the adapter is supposed to do, reroute the paths.

[thrasher_565]

10 minutes ago, Pusbucket said:

I shouldn't need to worry about the pinout, that's what the adapter is supposed to do, reroute the paths.

oh i thought you going to make your own so what is the problem? oh i think the adapter is to use the mb in a different case?

 

you would then need audio cornerstone internal usb connectors, and DuPont for led. 

can use dupont for the others i think too. 

 

need a place to put or mount the adapter, wires, solder, heat shrink, and iron. 

 

usb might be usb 2.0 too. 

Edited January 18 by thrasher_565