What is this particular kind of button called?
June 29, 2012 11:51 AM Subscribe
What is this particular kind of button called? A picture!
This is a power button board from a Gateway NV53 laptop. The one my customer brought me is missing the little square-with-a-button doohickey. You see these kind of buttons all the time on motherboards but I don't have a clue what the technical name is. If it helps, the board underneath has three contact points. Putting a wire across all three powers on the laptop.
Bonus points if you can point me to somewhere I can buy this thing.
This is a power button board from a Gateway NV53 laptop. The one my customer brought me is missing the little square-with-a-button doohickey. You see these kind of buttons all the time on motherboards but I don't have a clue what the technical name is. If it helps, the board underneath has three contact points. Putting a wire across all three powers on the laptop.
Bonus points if you can point me to somewhere I can buy this thing.
Surface-mount momentary contact button? http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8720
posted by jferg at 11:53 AM on June 29, 2012
posted by jferg at 11:53 AM on June 29, 2012
PCB Mount miniature tactile switch/microswitch.
You can probably find a compatible part at DigiKey (they will sell you things in quantities of one). Actually replacing it might be a more advanced operation. Do you have a soldering iron?
posted by JoeZydeco at 11:57 AM on June 29, 2012
You can probably find a compatible part at DigiKey (they will sell you things in quantities of one). Actually replacing it might be a more advanced operation. Do you have a soldering iron?
posted by JoeZydeco at 11:57 AM on June 29, 2012
Response by poster: Thanks for getting me on the right track, guys!
Here's a picture of the actual board I need to attach said button to. It looks to me like the old button was just glued on. That would certainly explain why it was lost so easily.
posted by richrad at 12:04 PM on June 29, 2012
Here's a picture of the actual board I need to attach said button to. It looks to me like the old button was just glued on. That would certainly explain why it was lost so easily.
posted by richrad at 12:04 PM on June 29, 2012
You may want to check Radio Shack for the part before ordering it online. They're really, really shitty about carrying parts these days, but they still tend to have the basics.
posted by griphus at 12:07 PM on June 29, 2012
posted by griphus at 12:07 PM on June 29, 2012
Well, it's not really glued. Those contact pins on the switch should be soldered to those three pads. Did the pins break off the pads and that's why the switch isn't functioning?
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:08 PM on June 29, 2012
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:08 PM on June 29, 2012
Response by poster: Squinting a little closer at the board I can see you're right, it was soldered to those points. It's not working because I just plain don't have the switch. The customer brought it to me with just the board.
posted by richrad at 12:10 PM on June 29, 2012
posted by richrad at 12:10 PM on June 29, 2012
Right, it's a surface mount (smd) tactile switch. I'm not finding any in the Mouser catalog that has three terminals on one side though. Closest I can find is this.
posted by jdfan at 12:54 PM on June 29, 2012
posted by jdfan at 12:54 PM on June 29, 2012
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posted by griphus at 11:53 AM on June 29, 2012