How to connect front panel to the mother board

[Charles_50]

Hello guys please help me urgent. I have dell studio xps 8100 and my mother board has light when i connect to the power source it means that it is working but when i push he power button it is not working. It is because when i pull out my front panel connectors and when i put it it does not power in and my question is how can i put the front panel connectors to my dell studio xps 8100 plss help me. Thank you for fast reply

 

[little_me]

as dell service manual says, you need to connect the power button to FP1 connector on mainboard.
http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_studio_xps_desktop/studio-xps-8100_Service%20Manual_en-us.pdf
look at page 48, connector 13

it is of course always possible that the button itself is broken or.. computer is somehow stuck.
Turn off power, unplug the power cord fron wall and verify that the button connector is in place securely. re-try powering it up.

 

[Charles_50]

Didnt get that. Because i cant turn on but when i ise tonreset my bios it turns on but when i click power button nothing happens. I know to fix the problem i shouldnproperly connect the frong panel ports. But i dont know where to put them

 

[little_me]

the manual I linked to lists where the front panel connectors should go.
As far as the front panel USB ports go, it doesn't really matter which goes to which connector.

The bios reset jumper should in no way turn the computer on. Bios might have changed the the power button functionality to sleep button. (long over 4 sec press is still power off) but that should also in no way change the fact that computer should start/wake up with single normal press of the power button.

 

[Charles_50]

But in the manual it is listed only the power sw in yhe front panel where will i put the other front panel connector?

 

[little_me]

I would suspect other front panel connectors are USB ports. (manual lists 5 possible places for them 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
Or front panel audio connector (connector 22)

If extra front panel connectors can't be connected to those places, you would need to take pictures of the motherboard connectors and the front panel plugs so that someone else could try to figure out where they go.
None of the listed extra connectors besides the power button, should have ANY effect on computer starting or not starting though.

 

[Charles_50]

Ok thanks