Gary
Sat May 10 09:54:07 PDT 2008
I probably never WILL start a machine by touching a screwdriver to some
pins. It's a damned stupid thing to do and that teacher was an idiot to show
off like that in front of a bunch of newbies.
Were you not told, in the previous thread, how to do what you want to do? If
not, are you happy now that I've told you how? Do you have a continuity
tester? If not, go buy one. They're cheap. Actually, better to buy a real
multi-tester (they're cheap, too) and use the ohmmeter for continuity
testing.
Seriously, you claim to know at least SOMETHING about computer hardware,
electricity, electronics, etc., yet you can't figure out how to test a power
button, or even deduce from the obvious which pins one might touch with a
screwdriver to turn the machine on.
First thing you should do is stop pretending you know anything about
computers. Even if you do know some, pretend you don't. Because you don't
enough to be safely rummaging around in a case, sticking paperclips here and
there, and I don't know what. I don't care that you took a class, you don't
appear to have any basics in electricity and/or electronics, and that makes
your class in T-shooting worthless. Worse than worthless. You now think you
know something and you don't. You don't know enough to figure it out
yourself, you don't know enough to understand directions that were given to
you, not even on a page with pictures to show you.
And HOW DO YOU KNOW THE POWER SUPPLY IS GOOD?
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F169762-E3E4-417F-981A-91E491CDBE14@microsoft.com...
> One more thing, you said it yourself Gary. You've never had to start your
> machine without the power button. I just simply wanted to know if it was
> the
> power button assembly. Plain and simple. If it started without the power
> button then my guess is the power button is the problem. That's it. Plain
> and
> simple. I'm not here to diss anyone but when someone tells me to go to a
> PC
> tech. For something that petty, no way in hell. I'm sorry. I'm not paying
> 25
> bucks for that. I'll just do what they do.
> Oh, change this, change that, change everything and finally they get it
> right by a process of elimation.
> I took a class a while back. The name was called PC Troubleshooting! Get
> that through your head. PC Troubleshooting. No, I haven't had to start my
> PC
> without the power button etiher Gary.
> Thanks,
> attilathehun1
> --
> attilathehun1
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> I've not had the need to start a machine without the power button. But I
>> know how to use a continuity tester, so it would take me about ten
>> seconds
>> to figure out if a button is working. In any case, if I DID need to start
>> the PC with a screw driver, the place to put it is damned obvious --
>> short
>> the pins that are usually connected to the power button. Doh!
>>
>> Look, at least two people have done a very good job of telling you how to
>> do
>> what you asked to do. Over and over again, as a matter of fact. Did you
>> or
>> did you not figure it out? If you HAVE figured it out, why this thread?
>> Just
>> to "share the moment"? If you STILL haven't figured out whether the power
>> button functions or not, you need someone else to either do it for you or
>> show you in person. Or maybe send you some photos. Meanwhile, I'd stay
>> way
>> away from any laptops if I were you.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:87F3A7F8-87AE-4B1E-860F-6302A66927BD@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm not going to bring the PC to someone who is going to do the same
>> > thing
>> > as I'm going to do. Why should I pay someone who will just change the
>> > power
>> > supply or front panel start up button assembly.
>> > I've built many PCs and fixed many many more. I'm just asking here
>> > because
>> > I know someone here knows more than I do. I can humble myself to
>> > someone
>> > and
>> > admit that I don't know it all. But I'm not going to pay someone to do
>> > something I can do myself.
>> > My next project is building a laptop. I've heard once you've built a
>> > laptop
>> > you can put a feather in your cap as a PC tech. Well I haven't built a
>> > laptop
>> > yet and so I do need some advice that probably would save me bucks.
>> > No, I have thought about bringing my PC to a PC tech and have done so
>> > in
>> > the past, but they are not going to do anything different than what I
>> > can
>> > be
>> > told here, or what I've done before or both.
>> > Sure I am here asking just like all the other people. Why are all these
>> > other threads going thru and are you telling them to bring their PCs to
>> > a
>> > PC
>> > tech. Why not, I might get some business. LOL
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks,
>> > attilathehun1
>> > PS I started a new thread because anyone who reads that is going to get
>> > bored and by the time they get to the bottom where I want to know how
>> > to
>> > start my PC without a start-up button. In fact, why don't YOU know the
>> > answer, GARY?
>> > I'd really like to know if you know the answer. It's in my PC notes
>> > somewhere in my PC class notes.
>> > --
>> > attilathehun1
>> >
>> >
>> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Since you're really not in the least bit hardware savvy, and you can't
>> >> seem
>> >> to follow fairly simple instructions, I suggest you take that machine
>> >> to
>> >> someone who knows what they're doing.
>> >>
>> >> How hard can it be to find out if pushing a button connects two wires
>> >> or
>> >> not? Seems a lot easier than starting the mobo without the button.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Gary S. Terhune
>> >> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> >> www.grystmill.com
>> >>
>> >> "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:B88F3387-EAA8-43B0-9126-AE52F9655AB5@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I'd like to know how to start up my PC without the front panel power
>> >> > button
>> >> > assembly because my PC won't start or fire up. Nothing happens when
>> >> > I
>> >> > hit
>> >> > the
>> >> > power button. The power supply works, so I figure it might be the
>> >> > power
>> >> > button assembly that's the problem. I'm using a process of
>> >> > elimination
>> >> > to
>> >> > do
>> >> > this and the power button assembly is next on the process of
>> >> > elimination.
>> >> > Thanks, attilathehun1
>> >> > --
>> >> > attilathehun1
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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