Gah computer will not start up with front power button!

[hawksballer]

I was working on a computer, it had been starting up fine, I shut it down and a few minutes later tried to turn it back on.....nothing, I am able to turn it on if I flip the switch on the power supply, like turn it off, wait a few seconds and then when I turn the power supply back on it will automatically start the computer but the on/off switch on the front of the computer does not work :hmmm: Has anyone had this problem before?

 

[Painman]

Dead switch maybe? Use a jumper or wire and briefly make contact between the 2 pins on the mobo that the switch plugs into.

 

[homercles337]

Did you check the flux capicator to make sure that its operating within specified parameters?

 

[hawksballer]

^ I have also tried another switch, as well as another power supply

 

[Painman]

It sounds like the power on circuit on the mobo has somehow become shorted.

 

[hawksballer]

yeah thats what I was thinking, but I dan't know of a way I could test it.... or for that matter fix it if that is what it is

 

[mechBgon]

I was working on a computer

^more details on this, please What were you doing to it?

 

[hawksballer]

It is a new computer for my uncle, I was setting up the bios, and after I installed the OS I found out the front switch was not working, it was working fine before I turned it on and off around 8-10 times

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: hawksballer
It is a new computer for my uncle, I was setting up the bios, and after I installed the OS I found out the front switch was not working, it was working fine before I turned it on and off around 8-10 times

Huh What motherboard is it?

 

[hawksballer]

This POS Soyo SY-P4I865PE Plus Dragon 2 v1.0

 

[hawksballer]

Oh yeah something that is very weird, I can turn it off with the switch I just can't turn it on!

 

[Killrose]

Sure you dont have reset and on/off positions switched?

 

[hawksballer]

yeah reset will restart the computer and the on/off will only turn off Grrrr

 

[imported_slippy]

Maybe the connector for connecting it to the motherboard is upsidedown.

 

[hawksballer]

lol checked that as well, I tried it both ways .......Ah crap I think I am going to have to get another board, now the USB ports are not working.....stupid soyo, is anyone selling a cheap (under 50) motherboard for socket 478?

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: slippy
Maybe the connector for connecting it to the motherboard is upsidedown.

That shouldn't make a difference... all the button does is close the power on circuit for as long as you are pushing it in.