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I just got the jumper wires today and tried it out. The computer does not work proper with the wires. When the jumper wires are connected, the computer immediately powers on after being plugged in and then powers off after a few seconds and won't turn on. The computer only works properly when...

I'll look for those wires, thanks. From the pictures, I'm assuming 1 would be connect to 6 and 4 would be connected to 8?

Can I connect the dell conector to a regular header or if is there an adapter?

Here is a picture of the power button wire connector [link to picture], The front panel header is the standard 9 pin header.

The wire that comes from the power button in my case is a 5 pin connector. The front panel header on my motherboard is a 9 pin header. The wire is also not long enough to reach my motherboard header. Is there an adapter that would help?

Thanks for the replys I am mostly using the PC for 3D applications and video and image editing. My budget is $300-450 Canadian

Hi I don't know much about computers. I have a compaq presario sr5350f http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01328709 I want to upgrade to a quad core PC. If I want to, do I just have to buy a new CPU and motherboard? or do I have to start from scratch? I would like...