Power button issues

Check those leads; one may be backwards. If all are correct, the case led's should all work and the system should power down at any time while booting up.

the only one's plugged in are power and hdd LEDs, which both work, and the power sw. I've tried the power sw plugged in in both directions, but no luck.

you sure it isn't plugged into the reset switch instead of the powerswitch ?

positive..checked both the manual and the writing on the board...the weird thing is that the case's wiring is blue/white, and the blue/white on the mobo is for reset. but it's definitely in the power sw slot.

the mobo manual says that in that slot pressing the button should put the comp to sleep or in a soft off, depending on the BIOS settings. If you hold for 4 secs it should power off. I'll check the BIOS settings...maybe something's wonky. I can't try the 4 seconds now cause it's in the middle of something.

Hey there if there is a reset switch on the chassis try put that on the power switch jumpers in stead of the power switch, then see what happens, if it works then yes it has been physically wired incorrectly.

Sweet Rob."

no reset switch, unfortunately. I tried putting it in the reset, switch, but didn't turn on.

in the bios settings check if its set to reboot on pwr button..

Polarity does not matter with the switches. For the LED's, you want the white wire on the "-" terminal and the colored wire on the "+" terminal.

well, I don't know what it is, but something's wonky. The BIOS is set up correctly, with the pwr button set to on/off (the only other choice is standby). The LED's are correct, b/c they're working. I guess it's not a huge deal, as I can use the pwr switch on the PSU, and I've got the OS installed, so I can shut down from there.