Can You start your PC without using the Power Button?

[JIMMY SNIFF]

A few weeks ago my PC just died. Turned it off as usual the day before, no
signs of any problems whatsoever. The next day, pressed the power button and
nothing happened. I assumed the power supply had died, so i replaced it with
the same spec but im still not getting anything. Unless i'm unlucky and
bought a faulty PSU i'm starting to think the problem might lie with the
power button on the front panel.

Does anyone know how to bypass the power button to start up the PC? or any
other suggestions?

 

[Lez Pawl]

A few weeks ago my PC just died. Turned it off as usual the day before, no
signs of any problems whatsoever. The next day, pressed the power button
and nothing happened. I assumed the power supply had died, so i replaced it
with the same spec but im still not getting anything. Unless i'm unlucky
and bought a faulty PSU i'm starting to think the problem might lie with
the power button on the front panel.

Does anyone know how to bypass the power button to start up the PC? or any
other suggestions?

disconnect the cable to the power button and short out the 2 connectors.

 

[Frank McCoy]

In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "JIMMY SNIFF"

A few weeks ago my PC just died. Turned it off as usual the day before, no
signs of any problems whatsoever. The next day, pressed the power button and
nothing happened. I assumed the power supply had died, so i replaced it with
the same spec but im still not getting anything. Unless i'm unlucky and
bought a faulty PSU i'm starting to think the problem might lie with the
power button on the front panel.

Does anyone know how to bypass the power button to start up the PC? or any
other suggestions?

Sounds to me it's far more likely to be a short in the system.
Try unplugging *everything* except the motherboard and see if it lights
up then. If that works, plug in the video-card next; and so on.
Yes, switches do go bad, but rarely.

To bypass the switch, just pull the power switch connector off the
motherboard and either use a screwdriver to short it as a test, or plop
on the reset switch, again as a test only.

 

[Dave]

A few weeks ago my PC just died. Turned it off as usual the day before, no
signs of any problems whatsoever. The next day, pressed the power button
and nothing happened. I assumed the power supply had died, so i replaced it
with the same spec but im still not getting anything. Unless i'm unlucky
and bought a faulty PSU i'm starting to think the problem might lie with
the power button on the front panel.

Does anyone know how to bypass the power button to start up the PC? or any
other suggestions?

Other people have suggested how to bypass the power switch for testing. But
if that doesn't work, it's likely your mainboard is bad. The power switch
isn't attached directly to the power supply, it is attached to the
mainboard. -Dave

 

[Conor]

A few weeks ago my PC just died. Turned it off as usual the day before, no
signs of any problems whatsoever. The next day, pressed the power button and
nothing happened. I assumed the power supply had died, so i replaced it with
the same spec but im still not getting anything. Unless i'm unlucky and
bought a faulty PSU i'm starting to think the problem might lie with the
power button on the front panel.

Does anyone know how to bypass the power button to start up the PC? or any
other suggestions?

Swap it with the reset button for now. Once you're able to start it, go
into the BIOS and enable the option to start with the keyboard.

 

[w_tom]

Make assumptions, declare them as fact, then buy ineffective
'solutions'. Of course it does not work. It is called shotgunning.
Instead, do as repeatedly demonstrated in CSI. Follow the evidence.
Two minutes with a 3.5 digit multimeter would have already saved you
cash, time, and wasted labor. Is power switch bad? Again speculation
not based in facts - an example of not 'following the evidence'. That
switch and a long list of other suspects are exonerated or identified
in but two minutes as defined in "When your computer dies without
warning....." starting 6 Feb 2007 in the newsgroup alt.windows-xp
at:
http://tinyurl.com/yvf9vh

Remember it is a power supply 'system'; not just a power supply. Two
minutes to get those numbers and posting those numbers here for
further useful analysis will 'follow the evidence', obtain a solution
faster, and maybe explain why the failure happened. None of that will
be obtained by shotgunning.