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[deakonia]

front panel power button on/off unit:
Does not always work
How can I test to see if I need a new unit?
thanks

Sony Vaio PCV-RX672 Digital Studio PC

 

[canadian69]

This unit has a custom front panel header, you would need to replace the panel with the switch and everything else that it contains. This would be working on the assumption that the switch is intermittently defective and not the computer. You could try searching ebay for parts. Alternatively you could jury-rig some kind of external switch, but you would need to discopnnect the exisiting header and find the proper pinout diagram for the custom header so that you could attach it to the right pins.

 

[bilbat]

Do you have access to a VOM (volt/ohm meter - otherwise known as a 'multimeter')?

If so, can give you test procedure; if not - seventeen bucks at WalMart for a tolerably nice one, and you'll find uses for it for the rest of your life! (One in the automotive dept. is better than the one in the electrical dept., and the same price...)