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Looking for 5.25" drive bay insert for power button, audio ports, and maybe USB ports

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  • Components
  • Power
  • power/reset
  • 5.25 bay
  • Audio
  • USB
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April 21, 2014 5:21:36 PM

The only think I can find is this,

but the price seems pretty steep for something that I could get for 15 bucks (minus the power button, which is the most important feature I want).

Do you fellas know anything that is a little cheaper and at least has a power button on the bay slot? Thanks in advance

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April 21, 2014 5:58:23 PM

I don't know if this helps you any, but you can make a power button out of any type of switch.

If you take a look at the two pins on the motherboard that you plugged the power button into.
http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/221628d1363095509...
All a power button does it make contact between these two pins, allowing current to run through.
A common trick is to use a screwdriver to touch both of the pins at the same time as a way to turn the computer on or off.

What all this means is that you can connect these two pins to any switch that you want. This may give you an option you hadn't considered for wiring up a power and/or reset button.

So, you can take a two pin plug with the two wires that you normally plug into the motherboard, cut off whatever the two wires are normally connected to and splice it onto some other switch.

Or if it were possible to disassemble this and access the switch:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
... or rewire the button on an old CD-ROM drive that you might still have.


Do you need all of those plugs, just a power button, or?
There's are lots of choices in card readers, without a power button, for less:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...


It may end up cheaper to just get a new case for $45. There's quite a few choices out there in that general price range.
April 21, 2014 6:30:50 PM

Thanks for the ideas. I might end up making a homemade power button board that I can place in the bay slot. I'm not interested in getting a new case though because I just got a Prodigy M. I like most of what the case offers, except for the side panel power buttons and i/o ports. It just makes it a pain to work inside the computer and has the tendency to interfere with my airflow. Anyway, instead of doing all that snazzy splicing, I might be able to unscrew the side panel power button board and reroute it to the 5.25 bay slot. It would still require me to add a fitted frame around it in order to make it stay in place. Unless someone else can find a convenient and cheaper alternative, I'll probably use the existing power button. Thanks again
May 3, 2014 5:17:49 PM

I can recomend this one:

"Scythe SCKMPN-3100 Fan Controller ( Kama - Panel 3.1) with usb 3.0"
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