Hi and thanks to any help or reply i receive for this post.
My M15x laptop motherboard is broken in many ways, alot of the connectors on the motherboard are cracked/broken to the point a quick fix wont work any more.
However the power button connector is the only one problem I care about.
the power button connector on the motherboard is completely broken
I have made use of my partially broken motherboard by using an external usb mouse/keyboard.
I feel confident and am happy that the motherboard works as it should and I
would like to still use it as a kind of laptop/pc type machine.
I have everything taken care of so far but really need help with one particular issue.
the connector contains 16 pins which all preform different tasks like turn the volume up, turn on stealth mode etcetera.
But I only want to be able to turn the machine on and off.
my question is:
can i find the pins i need from the 16 total and solder a tack switch on so i can power my machine?
I would be very grateful if anyone knows where i can start looking to find a "pin-out" of the 16pin power button so that i can single out the "on/off (if that is possible)
or perhaps i should buy a multimeter and find the voltage of each pin?
thank you for reading and I appreciate every bit of help or reply.
My M15x laptop motherboard is broken in many ways, alot of the connectors on the motherboard are cracked/broken to the point a quick fix wont work any more.
However the power button connector is the only one problem I care about.
the power button connector on the motherboard is completely broken
I have made use of my partially broken motherboard by using an external usb mouse/keyboard.
I feel confident and am happy that the motherboard works as it should and I
would like to still use it as a kind of laptop/pc type machine.
I have everything taken care of so far but really need help with one particular issue.
the connector contains 16 pins which all preform different tasks like turn the volume up, turn on stealth mode etcetera.
But I only want to be able to turn the machine on and off.
my question is:
can i find the pins i need from the 16 total and solder a tack switch on so i can power my machine?
I would be very grateful if anyone knows where i can start looking to find a "pin-out" of the 16pin power button so that i can single out the "on/off (if that is possible)
or perhaps i should buy a multimeter and find the voltage of each pin?
thank you for reading and I appreciate every bit of help or reply.