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So how do you boot a motherboard with no case?

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I thought I was being smart - hooked up everything in a cardboard box - then realized - hey there is no power switch.

Please keep any thoughts moronically simple for me 😛
 
Just short the pins on the motherboard where the power switch would plug in with a screwdriver and that will make the board think you pushed the switch to turn it on. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Fardringle
Just short the pins on the motherboard where the power switch would plug in with a screwdriver and that will make the board think you pushed the switch to turn it on. 🙂
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Beat me to it! I do this all the time to test rigs... 🙂
 
I had a little panel I made up for testing motherboards outside of the cases. Handy little thing, sad that I lost it.
 
Originally posted by: Fardringle
Just short the pins on the motherboard where the power switch would plug in with a screwdriver and that will make the board think you pushed the switch to turn it on. 🙂
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It's actually much safer to use the jumper from a HDD so you don't short something out.
 
I made one out of an old connector from another dead case, and a momentary ON switch I picked up at Radio Shack. Or just short the leads on the connector.

I've used the screwdriver method as well, when the pins were easy to get to. 🙂
 
This is one of the reasons I picked up some older junk AT-style cases -- so I could rip out the Reset button/switches(and cable) to use for caseless/crackrack motherboards. 😉
 
If the MB is sitting on a cardboard box, I can't see how it would be hard to get to header pins with a flathead screwdriver. All you have to do is find the 2 pins that are labeled PWR_Button and make a momentary connection between the two. There is no chance of you damaging the board. At worst, the board won't boot, if you jumper the wrong combination.
 
Originally posted by: networkman
This is one of the reasons I picked up some older junk AT-style cases -- so I could rip out the Reset button/switches(and cable) to use for caseless/crackrack motherboards. 😉
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Same here.... 😀

 
Yes, that computer junkyard comes in handy at times like these...

When you are not trying to figure out a way to turn all that junk into another cruncher that is... 😉
 
I use the tip of a car key, there's a bunch on the kitchen counter by my skeleton cruncher 🙂
 
Originally posted by: RaySun2Be

I've used the screwdriver method as well, when the pins were easy to get to. 🙂
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🙂, exactly! Or a key, or any metal object that might be handy. I have 4 systems that are sitting on the mobo box, with no case.
 
I have a jumper with a small handle on it. Also I marked the power pins with a red marker to remember which pins to jumper. One of my boards is not very well marked.
 
Originally posted by: JWMiddleton
Originally posted by: RaySun2Be

I've used the screwdriver method as well, when the pins were easy to get to. 🙂
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🙂, exactly! Or a key, or any metal object that might be handy. I have 4 systems that are sitting on the mobo box, with no case.
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Just remember the spurious RF energy will be quite strong, enough to knock out Garage door signal as JW found out 😀

 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: JWMiddleton
Originally posted by: RaySun2Be

I've used the screwdriver method as well, when the pins were easy to get to. 🙂
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🙂, exactly! Or a key, or any metal object that might be handy. I have 4 systems that are sitting on the mobo box, with no case.
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Just remember the spurious RF energy will be quite strong, enough to knock out Garage door signal as JW found out 😀
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Wow lol
 
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