no-id

ok so today i was kinda bored and started a case out of legos and im about on 20% done but now i started thinking how i would turn it on without a power switch thing... because even if i finished and couldnt turn it on whats the point?

tylerand

why cant u just get a power switch

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POGE

ya just plug a switch into the mobo, or you can lick your finger and rub it on the 2 pins that power it up. another way is a screwdriver between the power pins.

J3r3my

Just wire one in.

no-id

because i dont know how to lol some 1 should right a faq on how to do it

jrabb1920

If you have another case you can use the wire with the plugs from the extra case then wire a switch to those wires, now you have a power switch.

r3tard

hahahahaha!!!! this man may or may not get his computer running.. but im sure it will encourage him to turn it off less often! .. lol. .are you serious? wouldnt that electrocute you or .. is the voltage in those wires fairly low?


EDIT: btw if u havent noticed.. most cases have the switches attached to the front cover of the case.. remove the front cover and undo the screws holding the switch onto the front cover.. and whapahh! there u have it

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n-sanity

k dude - get a switch, and soldier / redneck attach 2 wires on either pins of it. If it has 6 pins, then it gets alil more complicated. Line the pins out like this :
1 2 3
4 5 6

Theres 3 ways this could be set up:
1: there's 3 positions for the switch - each position connects pins 1+4 ,2+5 ,3+6.
2: 2 and 5 are + and - pins, or power in pins. Doesnt matter which one is ground. theres therefore 2 positions on the switch - left and right. They give power to 1+4 / 3+6 accordingly.

3: U could have bought a dial switch, which could switch one pin's input thru the remaining 5 pins, but i doubt u did that. So there u go, all u have to do is make sure that the wires u connected to ur power pins on ur mobo, will get short circuited when u put ur switch in a desired position. Its that easy.

If u r really really, really lazy or jsut evry creative, just grab 2 wires, connect em 2 the mobo, and make the switch out of legos

Btw, theres lots of gr8 stores, liek my favourite - [url]www.activesurplus.com[url] active surplus along queen street. just get off at saint andrew ont he subway, and walk right down queen, all the stores r filel dove the top with eye candy switches lol. Its modders heaven. Thats where i got my military rocker switch which now controls my uv lol
Hope i helped.

Crashed

it would need to be a momentary switch. as atx PSU's use the momentary power to turn them on.

n-sanity

Yes, but u could just turn it on for a couple of seconds and turn it right off.
But still, active surplus has a crapload of those 2. And for u no-id, a momentary switch just connects the 2 contacts for a moment. Thats pretty much it.