hardware question, power button not working on system.

[Tyler Littlefield]

The thing is,
I live in a small town,
There re thre computer businesses, and they all try to get as much out of
you as they possibly can,
I took the computer up to one guy, and he told me (this was for another
probme.) that I was wasting my time, and that I should go to windows,
charged me $35 for a "solution" and didn't fix a thing.
The other guy doesn't buy used parts, but wants you to "give them to him"
when all he does is sell them. everone just ripes you off down here.
What do you mean by "take a paper clip?"
Just put one end of the wire on one pin, and the other wire on the other?
Wont that shock me?
Thanks,

~~TheCreator~~
website:
http://tysplace.shaned.net
msn:
compgeek134 at hotmail.com
aim:
st8amnd2005
skype:
st8amnd127
moo coder/wizard and administrator

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: hardware question, power button not working on system.


> You really need sited assistence to do that.  Every motherboard is
> different as far as the connecters go and you might fry something if
> you plug it in wrong.  One way I found to tell what pins the power
> switch is (I don't recomend this unless you know what you're doing) is
> to take a paperclip or other small piece of metal and use it to
> connect pairs of pins in the connecter until the machine powers on.
> On
> Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 02:26:10PM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> > hello list,
> > I have a problem.
> > The power button on my linux system doesn't work.
> > I used to just leave it on like 24-seven, but, that doesn't really work,
because the power went off, and now I can't turn it on.
> > I opened the computer, and I see the wire that goes to the button that I
could push to reboot the computer, running to the mother board. then, I
found the wire that runs to the power button.
> > Its a little tiney rectangular plug. It looks like it will fit over two
pins, well, I know it will. There is a little formation of pins in a square
shape rite above where the reboot chord is plugged in.
> > Is that where that should go?
> > If so, how should it plug in?
> > If not, where should I plug it in?
> > Thanks,
> > ~~TheCreator~~
> > website:
> > http://tysplace.shaned.net
> > msn:
> > compgeek134 at hotmail.com
> > aim:
> > st8amnd2005
> > skype:
> > st8amnd127
> > moo coder/wizard and administrator
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