Comments on: Dell PowerEdge 500SC Case Transplant

By: Roelli

Roelli — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:02:11 +0000

There is tachometer in Poweredge’s original fan. I tried five different fans (all with tachometer) without no help. I think I have to check with the oscilloscope what kind of signal original fan gives and try to solve the problem that way.

By: piper

piper — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:57:05 +0000

I haven’t look at it recently, but I would expect that the original fan probably had a tachometer pin on it, so the motherboard could read the fan speed. Does your replacement fan have the tachometer output?

By: Roelli

Roelli — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:30:46 +0000

Thank you for helpful article. I have made a HTPC from my Dell Poweredge 500SC, but I have problems with the 500SC:s fan.
The motherboard will not accept no other fans than the original one. Original one is too noisy. It will report an “Alert! System fan was not detected” after boot. You can continue with pressing F1 and operating system will start, but that’s not the best solution for me.
Have you had similar problems with the fans? I noticed that you have also changed a case.

By: ke5qav

ke5qav — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:18:56 +0000

I ment to say power light hdd light power switch and reset switch pinout thanx one more again and 73’s

By: ke5qav

ke5qav — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:11:19 +0000

I forgot i need the power switch and hard drive light ect. too. thanx.

By: ke5qav

ke5qav — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:09:58 +0000

I’m putting a dell 2350 dimention mobo in a inspire sys atx case need board pinout so i can connect the case’s front 2 usb’s to it.Any help would be greatly apreciated. Thanx and 73’s

By: Moy

Moy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:48:03 +0000

I am searching for the front panel pinout of a Dell Dimension 8300 including the 2 USBs. You can look a picture of the panel at http://www.impactcomputers.com/08umd.html. I hope you can help. Thanks a lot.

By: gry planszowe

gry planszowe — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:32:54 +0000

Ciekawa strona, trafilem tu przypadkowo, ale od dzis bede wpadal czesciej, pozdro

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:03:12 +0000

Thanks for the front-panel connector data. That was the one piece of data I still needed. For others, it is worth pointing out that many Dell motherboards are not (fully) ATX standard. Mine (from a Dell Dimension 8250) is about 10.5 x 10.5 inches in size(ATX max = 12 x 9.6 inches). Some cases that say “ATX” have enough room for it, some don’t. To use a Zalman CPU cooler, I had to replace the non-standard bracket on the mobo with a standard one (a guy at Fry’s found that for me). Thank God the mounting holes matched up!. In regard to power supplies, some Dell units are actually fairly quiet and might be salvaged to avoid the potential connector problem you describe. My particular Dell didn’t have that problem. I had replaced the power supply with a higher wattage “quiet” unit, then was amazed when I fired up the the old unit on my work table.

By: LUVIS

LUVIS — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:38:34 +0000

I JUST PICKED UP A USED 500 SC BOX AND WELL BE USING IT FOR STAND ALONE VIDEO AND RECORDING PRODUCTION – THANKS FOR THE INFO !