hardware question, power button not working on system.

[Alex Snow]

the function of each connecter on the motherboard is usually 
silkscreened on the board itself near the pins the label corisponds 
to.
On 
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 05:29:54PM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> I'll try the paper clip thing. My family will try, but... they usually don't
> well, they don't know where to plug it in at.
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> > Either that, or a jumper might work as well I suppose. Alex is right,
> > you really should get sighted assistance here, instead of
> > experimenting. Avoid going to computer shops. As you've already found
> > out, they charge a good fee for small stuff, and they've got a right
> > to, or if they're a bunch of idiots, they'll blame the problem on you,
> > or on the fact that you're running an OS which they're not familiar
> > with.
> >
> > A family member should be able to tell you how to plug it in by
> > looking at the board. Just be patient, explain to them exactly what
> > they need to do, tell them about discharging themselves properly
> > before touching anything in the system, and they should be able to
> > help you without much of a problem, even if it seems like they're not
> > the right people to ask, because of their lack of knowledge. I'm
> > speaking from experience here in wiring a few motherboards to the
> > system, and setting jumpers on cards.
> >
> > As for your other question, you very well may get shocked when trying
> > the paper clip method, however, the most it will be is 12V DC, which
> > you'll hardly feel, if you will at all. Most likely, it will be less
> > then that, I'm not exactly sure what voltage the board uses on the
> > system block connectors.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 04:43:54PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > > You really need sited assistance 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 recommend 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.
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