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[Skiracer]

I'm sooooo stoopid!! I just spent several hours troubleshooting why my computer didn't even beep on power-on. I unplugged all the PCI cards, HDDs, swapped memory and video cards, swapped processors, everything (I thought!). I had everything unplugged except one memory SIMM, the vid card, and the power on and reset switches and no response AT ALL. It turns out that the reset switch had stuck INTERNALLY (the button face itself was pushed out by the spring, but the switch internals were stuck) and continuously shorted the reset function on the MB! I unplugged the reset switch from the MB and everything returned to normal. This is just a warning to the rest of the tweakers in the world- unplug the reset switch while troubleshooting, it may save you untold hours of frustration!!

 

[IamDavid]

Don't ya love it.

 

[emjem]

Skiracer, what brand case was this on? Could be one to avoid.

 

[Skiracer]

The case is an older Enlight full-tower ATX. It is getting old, I just keep replacing the power supply as required. I am seriously considering a new case- maybe the Supermicro SC750A is the ticket....

 

[qiu]

I recommend pulling the Mobo from the case & start it with a screwdriver instead of the power switch ;-)

Used the above & discovered after three days that a wire from the PSU wasn't seated properly in the ATX connector, & the PC would boot only outside the case ;-)

 

[emjem]

Hmmmm, I like Enlight cases -- have 2 of them. Thanx for the heads up on the bad switch.

 

[Usul]

Thanks, this could save me lots of truble someday!
never thinked of it

 

[LumMoose]

Yeah, that's something I wouldn't have though of to be a problem...