Gateway 7450R motherboard

[Louis]

Hello,

I've just come accross a motherboard for a Gateway 7450R server. There
is one problem with this board: The front panel board and it's cable are
missing. There is only the high-density connector on the motherboard
itself. There is documentation on Gateway's site as to what the pins are...

http://support.gateway.com/s/Servers/3500914/Compo/4000719/400071917.shtml

.... but I don't know how to power the machine on! Looks like I'm going
to have to work around this missing component somehow.

Does anyone know how to power on this machine given the pinout diagram
in the link above?

My suspicion is that I will have to bridge the 3.3V standby voltage pin
with the Power Button pin AND a Ground to get the "turn-on" interrupt to
be sent thru the board. I'm too chicken to try for fear of frying the
board somehow.

Any help would be fantastic,

Louis

 

[SteveC]

I think you have to touch PIN 11 and a ground together and it should start
up.

Steve

 

[kony]

Hello,

I've just come accross a motherboard for a Gateway 7450R server. There
is one problem with this board: The front panel board and it's cable are
missing. There is only the high-density connector on the motherboard
itself. There is documentation on Gateway's site as to what the pins are...

http://support.gateway.com/s/Servers/3500914/Compo/4000719/400071917.shtml

... but I don't know how to power the machine on! Looks like I'm going
to have to work around this missing component somehow.

Does anyone know how to power on this machine given the pinout diagram
in the link above?

My suspicion is that I will have to bridge the 3.3V standby voltage pin
with the Power Button pin AND a Ground to get the "turn-on" interrupt to
be sent thru the board. I'm too chicken to try for fear of frying the
board somehow.

Any help would be fantastic,

Louis

Connecting the 3VSB pin to a ground sounds like a bad idea.

Have you tried connecting the power-on pin to ground?


Dave

 

[Louis]

Connecting the 3VSB pin to a ground sounds like a bad idea.

Yes, I agree. No sense in creating a short circuit.

Have you tried connecting the power-on pin to ground?

Does nothing at all. Perhaps I need to attach the "KEY" pin to ground as
well so it thinks the key is turned on?

Thanks

Louis