I have always used pins 16 and 10 At 01:10 PM 11/23/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Sam, >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX > >IIRC, if you jumper pins 15 and 16, you will do the same thing the m/b's >internal switching logic does to turn the system on. Please do not hold me to >my choice of pins. Others in the collective have much more experience with >this and may offer other choices of pins. > >And, in all truth, I have not really seen all that many true internal wiring >problems in modern PC cases since ~1975. I have only seen one m/b whose >internal switching logic went bad or died. I would focus on the m/b ground >logic and/or the psu. Jumpering the 24-pin power connector should really be a >last ditch kind of trial. >Best, >Duncan > > >At 10:01 11/23/2008 -0800, you wrote: >>Thanks, >>Do you have any idea what pin on the 24 pin power connector provides the >>connection to turn on the power supply. >>Sam >> >>DHSinclair wrote: >>>Sam, >>>I have found that this problem involves at least 2 things. >>>One thing is the m/b itself............ >>>The other thing is that internal case wiring. >>>For the m/b, what you need to do is make certain that the m/b is tight (?) >>>to its' tray. Or, make certain that it is screwed down tight, however. It >>>is most probably a "ground" thing. >>>Next, case wires and their looms are notorious for problems. Stuff just >>>happens. Your off/on switch could be fine, but the signal is not making it >>>to the m/b due to bad wiring. A Look/SEE. >>>That is the best I can share. >>>I do not know Gigabyte m/b's. I have never seen an Antec case. >>>Best, >>>Duncan >>> >>>At 17:50 11/22/2008 -0800, you wrote: >>>>I have an Antec case with a Gigabyte mobo that has a strange boot operation. >>>>If I press the start button and it doesn't boot, I turn the case on it's >>>>side and it starts. >>>>I can turn the tower back on it's base and it continues to run fine. >>>>I turn it off for the night and it may start fine in the upright position >>>>or I may have to turn it in it's side to get it to boot. >>>>I have replaced the start switch with no difference in operation. >>>>What voltage should be across the start switch terminals? >>>>Any ideas of what to explore? >>>>I know this is a crazy problem with no obvious exploration paths. >>>>Sam >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>>No virus found in this incoming message. >>>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: >>>270.9.9/1804 - Release Date: 11/21/2008 6:24 PM >>> >> >>-- >>Sam Franc >>On the Oregon Coast >>I must be willing to give up what I am >>in order to become what I will be.-Einstein
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