Power button.

[Carlos1010]

So lets just say that you put your motherboard on one end of our PC and the power button is on the other end, how on earth do you connect the two? And how does the power button get the LED too?

[SLAYR]

The led in it is most likely the power led, but the cables should be long enough to connect.

[Carlos1010]

What cable? My PC was prebuilt and I wanna make another one but I don't understand this? Is there a specific wire that comes with the motherboard for the power button to work? Also how do you connect it to it, is it sensible to touch?

[lbennettz]

There are front panel connector cables already attached to your case. These are tiny plugs that have motherboard pins inserted into them, the pin array is commonly called "F_PANEL".

 

The front panel connectors will usually contain:

-HDD led + and -

-Power Switch + and -

-Power LED + and -

-Reset + and -

 

You should check your manual or the motherboard manufacturers website if you need to find out the orientation of these tiny plugs.

[SLAYR]

No the cable should be with the case coming from the button itself, as it is a prebuilt it may have proprietary io, dells use a 20/40 pin ribbon cable, and is not compatible with standard atx motherboards.

[Carlos1010]

12 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

No the cable should be with the case coming from the button itself, as it is a prebuilt it may have proprietary io, dells use a 20/40 pin ribbon cable, and is not compatible with standard atx motherboards.

So the cable comes with the case and also the LED cable come with it too? It is true that the cables are already attached to the button thus, you only have to plug it in into the motherboard?

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, Carlos1010 said:

So the cable comes with the case and also the LED cable come with it too? It is true that the cables are already attached to the button thus, you only have to plug it in into the motherboard?

Yes