How do I make this a power button?

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I need a pb and all I have is this switch from a UV light kit.How do I convert this into a power button? Thanks.

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Seekermeister

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While this is not my forte, doesn't he need a normally open switch instead, so that when pushed it closes the circuit momentarily?
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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Just turn it on and off fairly quickly? :p

You just need to create a short to the pins on the motherboard for a short period of time for the computer to start up (if that's the kind of pb you're talking about)

 
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I'm doing a case mod and I lost my original Chieftec Server power button and this is how I got into this predicament :(.

I'll just go with the radioshack method,thanks guys.
 

sswingle

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I like the flathead screwdriver on the mobo pins method. But hey, whatever works for you.
 

boomerang

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Seekermeister has the right idea. You need what's termed a "momentary" switch.

Be sure to tell them that at Radio Shack.
 

gtjr

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atx mobo's used pushbutton switch unlike those baby at which use a normally closed switch(NC) what you need is a switch that can make a contact for a moment when pushed in that switch in the picture if you can modify it so that the locking pin or something will be disabled would be a better idea.