[Havegooda]

http://www.overclock.net/intel-mothe...ml#post5771820

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[ACHILEE5]

I think you just have to just short it for a second!

 

[superon]

You should be able to short the 2 pins with something metal -- and hold it there just until it turns on. PSU should be already on.

 

[Havegooda]

I figured a jumper on it would be sufficient...guess I can try a screwdriver. Brb...if I don't post within 5 minutes, I electrocuted myself.

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[fstfrddy]

yeah you cant leave the jumper on there (on on and off) and it will turn on. leaving it on tells the bios to shutdown.

 

[Havegooda]

HUZZAH! The screwdriver worked! Scared the hell out of my because I didn't lower my fanspeed on the Zalman...IT LIVES.

Thanks, rep all around when I get the time.

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[ACHILEE5]

Cool ;-)

 

[dizzy4]

once you get it on you can set the bios feature called power failure reset status to : Full on. Look for it, it's there.

 

[TheDreadedGMan]

I've used the screwdriver trick many times, also if you have an old case or parts laying around you can rip out the power or reset switch and re-use it

 

[dizzy4]

oh, to explain my previous post:

When the switch is switched off it considers it a power failure. When the power is switched back on to the PSU it calls the bios. If the status is set to full on or something like that It will power the entire system back on because it considered the switch off a failure.

No screwdriver needed after that, close the case and you are good.

 

[ACHILEE5]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzy4 oh, to explain my previous post: When the switch is switched off it considers it a power failure. When the power is switched back on to the PSU it calls the bios. If the status is set to full on or something like that It will power the entire system back on because it considered the switch off a failure. No screwdriver needed after that, close the case and you are good.

Hi

So how would you switch it off

 

[Havegooda]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 Hi So how would you switch it off

Power cord?

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[ACHILEE5]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Havegooda Power cord? ~Gooda~

Dont like the sound of that

Anyway, when your doing the shorting out. Dont forget you are only dealing with 12v, not enough to feel let alone kill you

 

[dizzy4]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Havegooda Power cord? ~Gooda~

no. When you shut down the OS just be sure to switch off the PSU... Unles it doesn't have a switch which would be odd.

Basically, the power switch IS the PSU switch.

 

[ACHILEE5]

So it will let you shut it down! Then turn off the power supply!
Then , when you turn the supply back on it starts up ;-)
Cool

 

[dizzy4]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 So it will let you shut it down! Then turn off the power supply! Then , when you turn the supply back on it starts up ;-) Cool

yep. had to do it many a time for my custom "from scratch" cases.

 

[Havegooda]

So. Now I've got another problem. I can't get past the "welcome" part of the MSI BIOS. It gives me options to POST or enter the setup BIOS (Tab and Delete respectively), but it won't recognize any keystrokes.

I've tried:

USB keyboard through my KVM
USB keyboard directly into a USB port on the motherboard
PS/2 keyboard plugged into motherboard

PS/2 doesn't light up when plugged in, but the USB one does. Still no recognition....

I'll change the topic to reflect this

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[ACHILEE5]

They will say unplug power supply, pull out battery and short out those pins a couple of times and maybe leave for ten mins or so then put back battery and power lead. jump pins and see if sorted.
While in bios do the power thing ;-)

 

[Havegooda]

Yea, I'm gonna do the CMOS reset. Might fix something...

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[Havegooda]

No dice. I'm thinking the board doesn't like PS/2 and/or Apple keyboards...

I completely did away with the KVM for now. Everything's hooked up directly...monitor/keyboard...oh wait...maybe it wants the mouse connected as well?

Worth a shot...

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