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Hello,
I finally got one of those Columbus II cases i wanted. A very nice case: big and heavy, from strong metal, 6x HDD, 2x FDD and 3x CD drive bays. In front, two silent 120mm fans are pushing air through the whole system (the backside is full of holes
)
I cut the backside so i could fit in my EpoX mobo, rebuild the power supply and fans connectors. Now i found myself on a problem: front panel buttons. The case has a built in front panel microcontroller and i really cant crack it. I can make the two buttons to work separately, so when i connect only one button at a time on the front side panel to my MB, everything works. The lower button operates like it should, and so does the upper button.
But when i connect both of them, both buttons work together. For example:
My computer is off and if i press the lower button (which has been connected to reset on my MB), the computer starts up. It also starts up when i press the upper button (connected to powerON on my MB).
Now when the comp is on and i press either one of the buttons, the computer resets (both buttons function as reset buttons), when i hold down either one of the buttons, the computer shuts down (bot buttons function as power buttons).
So my question behind the long and boring story is, has anyone dealed with Columbus II Serevr case and made the front side buttons and leds work correctly? I would be very grateful if anyone could help me. I add the schematics from the case manual and also a link to the manual.
Schematics:
http://www.zone.ee/damanweb/FPC.GIF
And the case manual:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/chassis/columbus_ii/28295706.pdf
Thanks in front.
I finally got one of those Columbus II cases i wanted. A very nice case: big and heavy, from strong metal, 6x HDD, 2x FDD and 3x CD drive bays. In front, two silent 120mm fans are pushing air through the whole system (the backside is full of holes
)I cut the backside so i could fit in my EpoX mobo, rebuild the power supply and fans connectors. Now i found myself on a problem: front panel buttons. The case has a built in front panel microcontroller and i really cant crack it. I can make the two buttons to work separately, so when i connect only one button at a time on the front side panel to my MB, everything works. The lower button operates like it should, and so does the upper button.
But when i connect both of them, both buttons work together. For example:
My computer is off and if i press the lower button (which has been connected to reset on my MB), the computer starts up. It also starts up when i press the upper button (connected to powerON on my MB).
Now when the comp is on and i press either one of the buttons, the computer resets (both buttons function as reset buttons), when i hold down either one of the buttons, the computer shuts down (bot buttons function as power buttons).
So my question behind the long and boring story is, has anyone dealed with Columbus II Serevr case and made the front side buttons and leds work correctly? I would be very grateful if anyone could help me. I add the schematics from the case manual and also a link to the manual.
Schematics:
http://www.zone.ee/damanweb/FPC.GIF
And the case manual:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/chassis/columbus_ii/28295706.pdf
Thanks in front.