How can I start the system without pressing the power button on the chassis (or removing cmos battery)?

[jaffa]

I suspect that I have a faulty power button/switch. I have no reset switch on my chassis to be used instead of the power switch.

I know that computers often start when the cmos battery is removed and then inserted again, but I can simply not remove the battery.

Is there another way to power up the computer, for example by shorting the two ?power switch pins? for the front panel connectors on the motherboard (maybe by simultaneously touching them with a flat bladed screw driver)?

 

[Jiggz]

You can do the screwdriver trick by shorting the two pins where the power button switch connects to the mobo. Usually, this take about a second or two or until you hear the system starts. Another trick is to short two wires in the mobo 20pin power connector, the green wire (there is only one) and any black wire using a bent paper clip. You need to double check your front panel wire connections to the mobo make sure they are accurate.

 

[dguy6789]

Touch a screw driver on the two pins that the power switch connects to. This should start the pc.

 

[ta8689]

My mobo has an option to start when i touch a button on my keyboard i believe. I dont use it, seeing as my computer is always on. Thing is you tend to wear out fans quicker, but the switch stays good as new...

 

[Netopia]

DOH.. wrong thread. Sorry.

Joe

 

[jaffa]

Thank you for your replies. I will use my screw driver and touch the two pins at once and see what happens....

 

[Netopia]

Well... since I posted by accident I might as well contribute something.

I picked up a little switch at Radio Shack YEARS ago. It's just a simply little button on the end of two wires that terminate in a plastic sleeve (like the sleeve that goes over the pins for your HD-LED or Power-On pins). If I'm working on a machine and don't have it in a case, I'll just pop this on an instantly have an easy to use power switch. It was only a couple of bucks.

Of course, if I'm only going to powering up a couple of times, I don't bother and just use a small screw driver or paperclip or whatever is handy.

Joe

 

[ta8689]

Originally posted by: Netopia
Well... since I posted by accident I might as well contribute something.

I picked up a little switch at Radio Shack YEARS ago. It's just a simply little button on the end of two wires that terminate in a plastic sleeve (like the sleeve that goes over the pins for your HD-LED or Power-On pins). If I'm working on a machine and don't have it in a case, I'll just pop this on an instantly have an easy to use power switch. It was only a couple of bucks.

Of course, if I'm only going to powering up a couple of times, I don't bother and just use a small screw driver or paperclip or whatever is handy.

Joe

well if you do that, you need to flip the switch on, then off again. You cant leave it on.

 

[wickley]

I bought one at Radio Shack that is a momentary switch, so you do not have to flip it on and off. I too use it when I'm working on a system outside of a case. Of course if you have an old case around you might be able to rip the switch out of it.



Joe[/quote]

well if you do that, you need to flip the switch on, then off again. You cant leave it on.[/quote]