Dell Optiplex

I recently got this from ebay:
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Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
Processor and heat sink.
-----------------------------------------------------

I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
monitor. Then I flipped the switch.

Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?

In article <1153973220.112130.23920@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
bob@coolgroups.com wrote:

> I recently got this from ebay:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> Processor and heat sink.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
>
> Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?

I found this picture of a substitute for a power supply for that
motherboard. It has a 20 pin and a 6 pin. I cannot tell if it
is a standard ATX connector or not, cause the picture isn't that
good.

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...6D&view=photos

If that is an ATX-like power supply, don't you have to press the
front panel power switch to start up the motherboard ?

Paul

bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
> I recently got this from ebay:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> Processor and heat sink.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
>
> Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?

It is my understanding that Dell, while using a 'standard' 20-pin ATX
connector, use non-standard wiring to said connector.

Google it, you may need to move some of the power connector pins around, or
buy a Dell PSU.
--
Shaun.

I have a Dell OptiPlex GX1, so I just connected the power from that.
It fit perfectly, so I'm pretty sure it's right.

And, yes, it is a button on the front that I pushed to turn it on.

Any other ideas why it won't work?

~misfit~ wrote:
> bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
> > I recently got this from ebay:
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> > This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> > Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> > Processor and heat sink.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> > monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
> >
> > Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> > missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?
>
> It is my understanding that Dell, while using a 'standard' 20-pin ATX
> connector, use non-standard wiring to said connector.
>
> Google it, you may need to move some of the power connector pins around, or
> buy a Dell PSU.
> --
> Shaun.

bob@coolgroups.com wrote:

> I recently got this from ebay:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> Processor and heat sink.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
>
> Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?

The Dell Optiplex is an ATX *type" of computer, but uses a proprietary
type PSU that has vastly different pinouts than does a standard ATX PSU.
So not only must you activate the PS_ON circuit, but the +5v, +12v,
etc., outputs are NOT wired per ATX specification. A normally wired ATX
PSU will not work with your Optiplex MB.

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:58:17 -0700, UCLAN
<nomail@thanks.org> wrote:

>bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
>
>> I recently got this from ebay:
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
>> This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
>> Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
>> Processor and heat sink.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
>> monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
>>
>> Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
>> missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?
>
>The Dell Optiplex is an ATX *type" of computer, but uses a proprietary
>type PSU that has vastly different pinouts than does a standard ATX PSU.
>So not only must you activate the PS_ON circuit, but the +5v, +12v,
>etc., outputs are NOT wired per ATX specification. A normally wired ATX
>PSU will not work with your Optiplex MB.


True, but there is no "activate PS_ON" concern, in general
given one type of PSU or the other (standard vs Dell
proprietary), a knife, soldering iron and heatshrink tubing,
they can be converted for use by swapping the pins around
(or using a pin extractor tool for most of the pins except
one or more 3.3V on the aux connector... it'll need spliced
to an ATX lead)... and I have converted some like this but I
don't know if I have the pinout anymore, it was easy enought
to determine pinout by finding the PS-On, 5VSB, and
measuring for voltage vs color with a multimeter.

You have to have RAM installed also.

--
DaveW

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<bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
news:1153973220.112130.23920@s13g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>I recently got this from ebay:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> Processor and heat sink.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
>
> Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?
>

What does 6 beeps mean? I threw in some memory and got this.

DaveW wrote:
> You have to have RAM installed also.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
> ----------------
> <bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
> news:1153973220.112130.23920@s13g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> >I recently got this from ebay:
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> > This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> > Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> > Processor and heat sink.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> > monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
> >
> > Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> > missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?
> >

In article <1154055227.696597.189790@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>,
bob@coolgroups.com wrote:

> What does 6 beeps mean? I threw in some memory and got this.
>

If you know the kind of BIOS used, this site has listings of
POST and beep codes.

http://www.bioscentral.com/

But you'd probably be better off with some Dell documentation
of some kind, because the odds of finding just the right list
of info are pretty slim.

Paul

> DaveW wrote:
> > You have to have RAM installed also.
> >
> > --
> > DaveW
> >
> > ----------------
> > <bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
> > news:1153973220.112130.23920@s13g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> > >I recently got this from ebay:
> > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > > Dell Optiplex GX1/GX110/GX150/GX200 System Board and PIII Processor
> > > This System Board has been pre-tested and pulled from a working Dell
> > > Optiplex 110 computer. It includes an Intel 866 MHZ Pentium III
> > > Processor and heat sink.
> > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I hooked up the 2 power connectors, the "Panel" connector, and my
> > > monitor. Then I flipped the switch.
> > >
> > > Nothing happened. I expected to see some errors on my monitor about
> > > missing an HD, etc. Any ideas?
> > >

<bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
news:1154055227.696597.189790@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> What does 6 beeps mean? I threw in some memory and got this.
>
The Beep codes and LED codes are here;
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...tem_beep_codes

I looked here:

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...s/ug/setup.htm

It says the power button behaves differently depending on the OS
that's installed. How does this work?

What if I have no OS?


pen wrote:
> <bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
> news:1154055227.696597.189790@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> > What does 6 beeps mean? I threw in some memory and got this.
> >
> The Beep codes and LED codes are here;
> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...tem_beep_codes

bob@coolgroups.com wrote

> I looked here:
> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...s/ug/setup.htm

> It says the power button behaves differently depending
> on the OS that's installed. How does this work?

The result you get is configurable in some OSs.

> What if I have no OS?

You get to hang yourself.


> pen wrote:
>> <bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154055227.696597.189790@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>>> What does 6 beeps mean? I threw in some memory and got this.
>>>
>> The Beep codes and LED codes are here;
>> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...tem_beep_codes