Dell Dimension 5150 [Not Booting]

[MustardTart24]

I am currently trying to revive my good friends old Dell Dimension 5150. We believe it is the power button but have no way to prove it. The motherboard's green light turns on and remains on when everything is plugged in properly. I have swapped the PSU out with my EVGA 1300W superNOVA and the same thing happens. The original PSU turns on when 24-pin is jumped so we know it isn't the PSU itself. The issue is that because the motherboard is so old school, it doesn't have the two pin connectors for pwr_sw or any of the other connectors that new mobo's have standard. All it has is the Foxconn 40-pin front panel port. Any idea if there is another way to jump start it or do we need to out-source a new front panel starter button.

Links for Photo's of Mobo below. If links fail, visit my facebook [McRizzler SwizzleTop Rizzi] and in my photos, go to albums and there is a Tom's Hardware folder set to public for you to view.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=935682596571743&set=a.935682593238410.1073741827.100003900335015&type=3&theater[/img]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=935682599905076&set=a.935682593238410.1073741827.100003900335015&type=3&theater[/img]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=935682643238405&set=a.935682593238410.1073741827.100003900335015&type=3&theater[/img]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=935682646571738&set=a.935682593238410.1073741827.100003900335015&type=3&theater[/img]
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Thank you for any help that comes my way. i understand this request is about 9 years out of date but being a PC enthusiast, it's always fun to revive the past.

 

[Zerk2012]

You can short the 2 wires out to the power switch with about anything.
Just because a PSU will turn on don't mean it works.

 

[MustardTart24]

You can short the 2 wires out to the power switch with about anything.
Just because a PSU will turn on don't mean it works.

I just updated the post...feel free to look at one of the links. there is no two wires to a power switch because there is no power switch. The actual power button mechanism that was mounted to the front of the chassis is dead.