- Sep 5, 2016
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Hi,
I re-assembled my old PC to give to a friend for Christmas.
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE - PCU
Asrock 770 Extreme3 - motherboard
Corsair ValueSelect 8GB module DDR3 1600MHz - brand new RAM
WD 1000GB 7200rpm 64Mb SATA3 WD1002FAEX - HDD
Gigabyte 5750 1 GB PCIE - graphics card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - soundcard
FSP 400-APN - PSU
PC Case Thermaltake Element T VK90001N2ZD
The Power-On button of the case upfront is not working anymore. Literally the button itself.
I know this because the MOBO itself also has tiny Power-On and Reset buttons, and pushing that the PC starts up completely fine. Everything is plugged where it originally was when it worked years ago.
The case front Reset button next to the Power-On works also fine, it also lights up as it should when PC plugged in/started up with the MOBO Power-On. The Power button light itself however is very faint, but present.
I thought to just switch the Power-On function to the working reset button, but the two pins/sockets of these 2 do not exactly match on the MOBO.
I only have a single such socket on the MOBO that the Power-On switch uses, and like 5 of the type that the Reset button does.
(they are small 11 pin sockets on a 6x2-pin frame, nearly identical, but socket 1/PO misses pin on 5th and socket 2 /Reset misses pin in 12th)
There are no bent pins and they are correctly connected.
I did discharge the system by holding the "not working" Power button, no change.
Please do not suggest that "my friend should use the one on the MOBO", he is a computer noob and I do not want him to reach into the chassis(...plus I would like to put back the side panels).
The "not working" button does click fine(on push and release), and I cannot seem to pry the plastic cover (see-through red) from the top of it so I assume it is also not physically broken (also, faint light still comes from it).
Any ideas I could still try?
I re-assembled my old PC to give to a friend for Christmas.
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE - PCU
Asrock 770 Extreme3 - motherboard
Corsair ValueSelect 8GB module DDR3 1600MHz - brand new RAM
WD 1000GB 7200rpm 64Mb SATA3 WD1002FAEX - HDD
Gigabyte 5750 1 GB PCIE - graphics card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - soundcard
FSP 400-APN - PSU
PC Case Thermaltake Element T VK90001N2ZD
The Power-On button of the case upfront is not working anymore. Literally the button itself.
I know this because the MOBO itself also has tiny Power-On and Reset buttons, and pushing that the PC starts up completely fine. Everything is plugged where it originally was when it worked years ago.
The case front Reset button next to the Power-On works also fine, it also lights up as it should when PC plugged in/started up with the MOBO Power-On. The Power button light itself however is very faint, but present.
I thought to just switch the Power-On function to the working reset button, but the two pins/sockets of these 2 do not exactly match on the MOBO.
I only have a single such socket on the MOBO that the Power-On switch uses, and like 5 of the type that the Reset button does.
(they are small 11 pin sockets on a 6x2-pin frame, nearly identical, but socket 1/PO misses pin on 5th and socket 2 /Reset misses pin in 12th)
There are no bent pins and they are correctly connected.
I did discharge the system by holding the "not working" Power button, no change.
Please do not suggest that "my friend should use the one on the MOBO", he is a computer noob and I do not want him to reach into the chassis(...plus I would like to put back the side panels).
The "not working" button does click fine(on push and release), and I cannot seem to pry the plastic cover (see-through red) from the top of it so I assume it is also not physically broken (also, faint light still comes from it).
Any ideas I could still try?
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