The Shaun Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hey guys. I'm in dire need of the pinouts for the plug that connects to the front panel LED/power button (then plugs into the mobo). Does anyone have a Power Mac G4 ASM on hand that can check for me? Maybe someone knows it off hand? I'm giving my second hackintosh a nice home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargot Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 http://www.outofspec.com/frankenmac/wire.shtml i've used pc power buttons to boot 2 g4-digital audio mobos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shaun Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 Well I'm trying to do the opposite. Boot a PC board/ATX power supply with the built in stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargot Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 split the front panel cable or add wire from the 3rd and 6th pin to the power/gnd of the mobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsfx84 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 split the front panel cable or add wire from the 3rd and 6th pin to the power/gnd of the mobo Hi i am doing the same thing as well. Do we need to solder too? I am a complete noob at wiring. YOu mean if we wanna start up our PC mobo with apple switch, we just connect wires from pins 6 and 3 and to the motherboard power pins? Is it possible to do it without soldering? Just wrap the wire around the pin somehow? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glay78 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hi may I know if the Power Button for G4 Graphite is the same too?? Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If you do a google search like this site:xlr8yourmac.com atx g4 you should be able to find what you need. They'll be doing the opposite of what we're doing, so just do it backwards. I tried to make it work on my quicksilver case, but it didn't work. I suspect that the front panel board needs to have the right current/signals going to the other pins besides 6 and 3 in order to work properly. I ended up cutting the switches and the led off of the board, soldering wires to them, and then sticking them back on the board, without using any of the electronics on the board at all man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioMac Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 My Power Mac G4 case comes with no front panel board, if anyone have a electronick design… Thank you and sorry for my bad English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelkhan Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I tried to make it work on my quicksilver case, but it didn't work. I suspect that the front panel board needs to have the right current/signals going to the other pins besides 6 and 3 in order to work properly. I ended up cutting the switches and the led off of the board, soldering wires to them, and then sticking them back on the board, without using any of the electronics on the board at all man. This is what I'm aiming to do, just wire it off the power switch logic board and onto standard mobo panel wires. Can you post a pic of your logic board and which wires you used for which pins on the mobo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtroxx007 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 This is what I'm aiming to do, just wire it off the power switch logic board and onto standard mobo panel wires. Can you post a pic of your logic board and which wires you used for which pins on the mobo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 that's the kind of mod you'll have to do, rewiring the ribbon cable will not work for you. You need to just solder new leads into the existing PCB (plastic component board) and connect the new leads to your motherboard. the first picture is of my hack, the second two pictures were what I used as a guide. These pictures are for a G3, however I'm fairly certain the G4/Quicksilver models are not very different. This isn't really a beginners type of task, if you've never used a soldering iron, you should get comfortable with it before working on this, due to it's physical size. I've burned myself 3 times with a soldering iron, so i know what working in small places causes. I do have more in-depth pictures, but i'll wait for people to find interest in this before i post them all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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