If you are reading this, chances are you are staring at a green Dell motherboard pulled from an OptiPlex 390, 790, 3010, or 7010. The model number stamped on the board is (often paired with a CN-0Y2MRG or similar tag). You have a standard PC case sitting next to it, and you are holding a handful of tiny two-pin connectors labeled Power SW , HDD LED , and Reset SW .
Looking at the header with the missing pin (key) helping you orient, the layout generally follows this 11-pin subset of the larger connector: [2] [4] [6] [8] [10] [1] [3] [5] [7] [9] [11] Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard : HDD LED 2 & 4 : Power LED 5 & 6 : Power Switch dell mih61r mb front panel pinout
[ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [10] (Missing Pin) [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 9 ] Use code with caution. Detailed Pin Assignment Table If you are reading this, chances are you
: To bypass this F1 error at startup, you must often jump pins 8 and 10 . This tells the BIOS that a front panel is connected. Looking at the header with the missing pin
He stripped the ends of the blue and white wires. They were thin, fragile things. He needed to bridge Pins 8 and 9.
Here is the specific layout for the MIH61R's main front panel header.
This is the safest method.