What 2 Pins Do I Short On A Dell 7010 Motherboard To Test Run It?

The Dell 7010 desktop motherboard has a front panel connection with a total of 19 pins and a separate power switch connection. Anyone know if it's just a matter of finding the 2 power pins to short and start this up, or is there more to it? I've tried shorting every 2 pin setup in the front panel and power switch no luck, although I suppose it could mean a bad motherboard, However; without knowing what 2 pins are for power how am I suppose to know for sure. Also is it possible that more then 2 pins have to be shorted or touching to start this bleeping dell motherboard.
I'm guessing the power pins that I would have to short are in the power switch connections and therefore I don't have to do anything to the pins in the front panel connections. I'm hoping there are no other pins that need to be connected besides 2 power pins to get this to start. I'm not concerned with any other pins (except maybe restart).
http://s30.postimg.org/5siy9ln4x/Front_Panel2.jpg

http://s28.postimg.org/m7m2dnjv1/Power_Switch.jpg

 

Hopefully the manual will help.
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us...anuals?&_suid=1466538810990028524051865116334
I would download the first one.

 

unfortunately it doesn't help. I do not have the dell 7010 desktop case, just the motherboard. So I'm trying to figure out the power switch and front panel connection layout. The setup is proprietary and dell isn't willing to help at all. Notice the lack on any info on the MB. It's a guessing game and I have nothing to go by except my experience with other (normal) motherboards which doesn't help here. Now I see why anyone who knows computers gages when Dell is mentioned. So I'm hoping someone has an idea on which 2 pins to short or to let me know if other pins are also involved in starting up the computer.

 

The good news it, it will not hurt anything to very quickly short two together and see what happens. I would disconnect the HD from power and try to figure out which is the power switch and reset switch, which will leave the HD LED.

Sadly, as you noted, Dell is notorious for proprietary parts. But within that proprietariness (?) they tend to be fairly consistent across their products. So you might start with this image.

It would help if you tell us the model number of the board. It should be printed on it somewhere.

 

I was able to find the actual power switch cable that connects to the 5 pin power switch connector complete with the start button on the motherboard. It's used for both the dell 7010 and 990 MB and was on ebay for $7.00, so hopefully this will solve my problem. Even though every other motherboard I've used has been a 2 pin power connection the dell 7010 and 990 use 5 pins, so shorting out 2 didn't do any good. Seems like a weird setup, but that's Dell for you lol. Thanks for the help and I'll post my results when I get the cable.

 

I suspect it is really just a harness that combines the wires from the front panel into one easy-to-install connector. They can do that because they can dictate how their Dell case is wired and how their Dell motherboard is configured. That is one advantage to buying proprietary, factory made computers. The can dictate how all the components interconnect.

But with home built systems, because the ATX Form Factor standard does not dictate exactly how those motherboard headers are configured, you might buy a Gigabyte motherboard and a Fractal Design case and have to install each individual wire individually. I note my most recent build with a Gigabyte board came with a little adapter. It lets you insert all the wires into this adapter outside the case where you can easily see what you are doing and where each wire goes. Then you just attach the newly wired adapter into the motherboard. It only goes in one way so piece of cake.

I bet when you get this new "switch cable" you will be able to study it and see that it really does use two wires/pins for the front panel power button and not 5.

 

That's what I'm hoping, but I've already tried using wire to short the combination of pins in the power switch connection on the mb and got nothing from it ( which could mean a bad motherboard ). At least with this cable that actually has the 5 pin connection will let me test the mb without any guess work involved. I contacted the place I purchased this one from and if it's bad I can send it back for another one.
It's been awhile since I've purchased a new mb Diger. That gygabyte setup sounds like it's easy to work with. Are the other mb makers like asus, msi, etc., making them like that now?

 

Or PSU.

I don't know about the other board makers. I use Gigabyte almost exclusively. But even so, it is not hard if no adapter when building your own because they all label the boards and wires. The biggest problem is the labels may not exactly match. One may say R-SW and the other Reset. But it really is not hard to sort out. The hardest thing is just being able to see what you are doing - at least it is for my 64-year old eyes.

 

This is my first experience with the dell brand and the dell 7010 and 990 have no markings near the front panel connector to indicate which pin is to what. The power switch connector is only marked power switch with 5 pins. I tried shorting different combinations with the 5 pins but no luck. The good news is I found ( on ebay )just got the actual start button cable that connects to the power switch connection for both the dell 7010 and 990 mb, so I just got it today and tested the 7010 mb and it works. My dilemma has been solved. Thanks for trying to help me out everyone.

 

Great! I am glad you got it sorted out and thanks for posting your followup.