Re: New build powers off after 1 second


"Robert Sneddon" <nojay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In message <jNG9f.21965$Ce5.17758@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Downey
> <mark.downey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>Hi guys
>>
>>just putting together a workstation and I have a problem with the machine
>>powering down after 1 second
>
> One second or four? I had this problem with a machine a while back. It
> turned out the case power switch was jamming when I pressed it (plastic
> flash was wedging the button). This made the motherboard power down
> again after four seconds because the mobo thought it was the emergency
> off operation.
>
> Pull the switch connection off the mobo and try switching it on by
> shorting the appropriate header pins with a screwdriver or similar.
>
>>I have also taken the mobo out of the case and run it on the bench with no
>>peripherals added
>
> Did that work? Were you using the case switch even with the mobo on the
> bench or were you doing the screwdriver shorting trick?
> --
> My gmail account is nojay1 Robert Sneddon

cheers Robert I was using the case switch - I will give it a try later -
just off the work now

thanks

Mark


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