ATX 3.0 to DELL Precision T3610 (The Frankeincord)

[SpellBinderX]

Here's a bit about my build and goals with the darn thing. Well here's a lot actually

The main goal of this post was to ask for help on case peripheral swap for front end: power/reset, LED, audio and front USBs. Any help is appreciated, thanks

What I offer you is, "the Frankeincord" I've tested through and through but had to return my overpriced stark white PSU for a moderately priced used one as paying full rent is a good thing, I uh- kept a wire hope that doesn't mess me up to bad in the return but you'll see why.

DELL T3610 current specs

WIN 11
3.3 16x2 CORE processor                                           ---   CPU
128GB DDR3 1800MHZ                                              ---   RAM                  
GEFORCE NVIDIA 1080ti founders edition 11gb  --   GPU  [chose not to use a CPU slot for GPU pins, plus i wanted a case upgrade]
DELL stock 635w                                                         ---  PSU   (graphics card too heavy for PSU)
PCie  --------2x peripheral USB
2x 500GB Western DIgital DISC drives                 ---- Storage  1(I have configured for RAID, amounts to 500gb RAID MIRROR STORGAE)
1x  1TB                      Other     DISC drive                   ---- Storage 0 (where my OS is sprawled out and currently snoozing)

Goal SPECS and features listed at bottom of article


**THIS IS A PROTOTYPING PROJECT**

                ok so basically, I'm upgrading a precision T3610 to handle an ATX 3.1 1200w power supply.  This is a lot harder than it sounds.  First off the power supply doesn't fit in the case, so case upgrade.  Second, the mother board doesn't exactly fit in the case upgrade plus you need to bolt the processor fan apparatus to the motherboard as it formerly was bolted to the old case.
            I got a nice case, i got a Thermaltake Core P3 Pro E-ATX Tempered Glass Mid Tower, it's huge i don't now what a, "Large Tower," would be but it must be ridicules.  No, mid tower is plenty if not too big.  Only screws fit the motherboard to the case, but it does hold and 1 tiny ziptie in the top right corner later and wahlah, just make sure have a way to hold the graphics card up because my GeForce EVGA NVIDIA [*pant, pant*]
 1080ti 11gb founder's edition *[alright, is the, is the graphics card title done?]* ... wants to sag.
            The whole reason I'm doing this mod this way is because the graphics card wants to pull more power than the split 6 to 2x 8 cable wants to offer.  I like to do things the hard way.  I looked into the 1300W power supply and new power-board install, even bought a new power-board but something in me told me I had to try and make this thing run off ATX 3.0 or 3.1 next up, the wiring diagrams.
            Oh ya, there were wiring diagrams.  I found a readout for a similar DELL Precision and went right ahead and cut off a bunch of wires and soldered them back (incorrectly) together, but you know what? I got the fan to turn on, on the processor, so I figured not all is lost.  I checked some diagrams figured out the angles at which I was supposed to be looking and again spliced some wires this time less incorrectly.  I hooked up the front panel adapter wire in an effort to just presss the power button and have the thing work, no fan and just yellow blinking lights 1, 3 and the power button, no code, no beep, no screen just steady blinking.
             So I figured must be the power supply right? Well probably not but either way yesterday I already shipped the beautiful money white NZXT 1200w C series which cost me $140 extra for being new... and white, back to amazon where it came from.  Since than (yesterday) I found the same power supply used for $100, instead of $240.  Much better.
             So back to the splicing where it began.  NZXT has it's own power cable 18+10 pin to 24 PIN ATX twisty loop connection doodles.   So I found the pin out (luckily) of the pins which connect to the loopidy doodles that eventually connect to your motherboard.  First I tried labeling the wires at the MOBO end the 18-10 pin loopidies, doodle, and promptly cut the wires so as to reconnect the way the DELL gods intended.  Well this was a fail it did not turn the thing on.  Next having lost which wires went to which spots on the ATX style 24 pinout, i tore off all the matting tape and mesh from the 80 and the 10 pin and tracked down the ATX C series pinout.  So not I label each wire with a little masking tape as close to the socket as possible to leave room for shrink wrap and wire reattachment.  Next I I used the wrong DELL wiring diagram from some guy on the internet and wah lah! not even a blinking orange light.  So, yes, I rewired the darn thing back the way I had it.  And again yellow/amber blinky light, well at least I've got that.
               I looked into some codes at a loss, I thought I knew I wired it right the 4th time, got annoyed and shipped the fanciest power supply I've ever paid for back.  Part of me wants it here, in my arms, in my PC the other part wants to send the overpriced thing back to dell where it came from.   Up next success Story,
              So a friend on an online txt based, RPG Syrnia.com, told me I can just the power supply by connecting the on pin to a ground, this making the thing provide power, thus making it possible to use a volt meter to weather there it needs to be from DELL MOther BOard 24pin to NZXT 18+10 arrangement.  I plugged the 24 pin side into the old power supply and jumped the darn thing! whew that was exciting, after 4 days i got to hear a fan turn on.  
              I painstakingly used a voltmeter to test every last pin on both sides, some were off because an empty pin was unaccounted for, and some were off because the old PSU pumped 12v's and the diagram for a slightly newer DELL had 5v's where about 3 of the 12v's should have been.  But! Even before this I got the yellow "PSU issue dude" blinky lights.  and I was sending 5v 3 places i should have been sending 12v instead of the higher current to the lower needed threshold.  
             The Good:  obsessively pinned out both sides what we're calling, "the Frankeinwire," So all pins are set not just by some rando-hope-it-works diagram but by the raw volt data itself.  Long story short I learned how to use my grandpa's voltmeter, and why. So everything should in all theoretical aspects be perfect for the PSU
             Also Good:  I found a cheaper exactly the same PSU, but now I have to wait.
             Also Good:  Nothing burnt up.
                                   No blown capacitors on MOBO
                                   Only other light code which matches is "unseated memory"

             The Bad:  I shipped back my PSU, so now I have to wait to try the frankeinwire
                                Always a possibility I shot my $40 doesn't-fit-anything-stock, but-still-is-awsome MOBO [i'll just buy another worst comes to
                                worst]
                                I chopped up all my wires because I have ADHD and just wanted it all to work the first time, to heck with the learning curve
                                concept, I'm perfect! Well no, so to test the old MOBO for workingatallness,  I ordered a $15 wire, not too big of a deal just takes
                                time, i probably won't ever need it after this project, wish I had waited instead of hacking the old one to pieces.



FINAL GOALS:
The New Case and a GPU which doesn't shut down my whole PC while operating at might I say AWESOME capacity, I've seen this system it run on every game I play with high end graphics but just for a smooth split second.  It'll getcha' there, so I toil.

WIN 11
SAME) 3.3 16x2 CORE processor                                           ---   CPU
SAME maxed) 128GB DDR3 1800MHZ                                              ---   RAM                  
ONLY WORKING) GEFORCE NVIDIA 1080ti founders edition 11gb  --   GPU  [chose not to use a CPU slot for GPU pins, plus i wanted a case upgrade]
NZXT C1200w GOLD                                                    ---  PSU   (got to frankeinwire this thing correctly)
PCie  --------2x peripheral                                           ---USB
2x 500GB Western DIgital DISC drives                 ---- Storage  1(I have configured for RAID, amounts to 500gb RAID MIRROR STORGAE)
1x  1TB                      Other     DISC drive                   ---- Storage 0 (where my OS is sprawled out and currently snoozing)


Additional goals:
-Graphics card vertical mounting              (I want to vertical mount to save my MOBO from eventual Sag and make room for) :  \/ down there \/
-Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 card             I listen to a lot of techno with Milkdrop 3.1 running on screen, this is a huge goal for me.
-NVMe SSD Expansion Card NVMe RAID Adapter 4 Ports                          (this beauty lets you create NVMe RAID drives, or just gives you room for 4 NVMe drives, I'm going to
-2x 4GB Western Digital Black NVMe SSD
-8GB Western digital NVMe SSD (or two, eventually)


Links to what I have now: [tired don't want to link it all, you do it]




That's it, that's my build check out the pictures and the painstakingly crafted rats nest I call "frankencord," I will definitely make a cleaner version further down the road but it'll work as a prototype.

Enjoy!


PS. Need help with wiring the on/off button, from panel lights, and fancy LED stuffs + USB's for case, hopefully a perfect adapter already exists.

PPS. it's my second day on the internet and i don't see a little paperclip icon for attaching images. Can ya guys link the pics I sent you via post your builds? thanks! oh wait, there's attachments button, down there.

[stormsonweathers]

Sorry for the late response, that's a great looking build!

[SpellBinderX]

Hey, thanks!

Ran into some problems with splicing the ATX 3.0 to run the motherboard and the graphics card. Long story short I think I'm going to have to use two power supplies. One specialty power supply from DELL for my Motherboard and one for the semi beefy graphics card.

Thanks for Response.