Guide: Add a RESET button to your Dell Optiplex PC!

[iamdarkyoshi]

Pretty simple guide here. This applies to optiplex towers with those front panel ribbon cable things that don't use a normal front panel header. Mine are from the LGA775 era, and this guide probably applies to more, but I don't own any. Anyway, here is the spot you are looking for, mine was next to the RAM.

 

Lemme get in a little closer:

 

See that empty square marked "RST SWH"? 

 

Pads marked 2 and 4 (alternatively you could use 1 and 3) are where we want to solder wires to.

 

Find a power button from another confuser and cut the connector off.

 

Strip and tin the wires (if you know how to solder, you will know how to do this, so I can't be bothered to get an image)

 

And solder them to the appropriate pads. Here is an image of a different board where I used yellow and black wires:

 

And then mount the switch wherever. I can confirm that this does actually reset the board like a normal ATX board does.

[iamdarkyoshi]

And here is where @CalebTheEternal's old RAM ended up. lol

[GreezyJeezy]

are you the cat guy

 

 

[Enderman]

what do people still even use reset switches for...?

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, GreezyJeezy said:

are you the cat guy

 

 

No. iamdarkyoshi. Kidding. Yes I am. I think.

[iamdarkyoshi]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

what do people still even use reset switches for...?

Resetting, obviously.

 

I use mine quite a lot when I don't want to unplug and replug power...

[Enderman]

4 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Resetting, obviously.

 

I use mine quite a lot when I don't want to unplug and replug power...

but..why?

like, when would you ever need to reset a PC

restarting properly from the start menu is the way to do it, and you dont corrupt any files or OS

[TubsAlwaysWins]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

but..why?

like, when would you ever need to reset a PC

restarting properly from the start menu is the way to do it, and you dont corrupt any files or OS

When you are overclocking and your system locks up???

[iamdarkyoshi]

4 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

When you are overclocking and your system locks up???

Speaking of overclocking, I managed a stable 3ghz on a stock 2.4ghz core2quad with this board.

[Enderman]

14 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

When you are overclocking and your system locks up???

and you cant just hold the power button for 5 seconds? that takes too long?

[iamdarkyoshi]

34 minutes ago, Enderman said:

and you cant just hold the power button for 5 seconds? that takes too long?

Yes

[CalebTheEternal]

On 6/9/2016 at 10:10 PM, iamdarkyoshi said:

And here is where @CalebTheEternal's old RAM ended up. lol

Glad to see it's still going strong. Too bad I don't have time for PCs anymore. Work and Motorcycle are the big things now.