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SirPeale:

If you wire the power up right to all components in your cab, you can have the motherboard auto power on in one of two ways.

1) go into your BIOS and select "resume after power loss" so it'll turn on after you cut power.

2) take a jumper, remove the small metal piece.  Get a capacitor, 10uf/16v and place the legs in the jumper.  Get your multimeter, and take a reading on the power on pins to find which pin is negative.  Then place the capacitor on the pins, making sure to get the negative on the right side, or it won't work.

shawshank:

I got it working! Thanks for all the help. I bought a SPST momentary normally-open  mini push button switch from radio shack. Connected wires from the switch to the power pins on my motherboard. Works everytime. Thanks again!

AmericanDemon:

More than welcome


paigeoliver:


--- Quote from: Peale on October 23, 2004, 07:39:12 pm ---If you wire the power up right to all components in your cab, you can have the motherboard auto power on in one of two ways.

1) go into your BIOS and select "resume after power loss" so it'll turn on after you cut power.

2) take a jumper, remove the small metal piece.  Get a capacitor, 10uf/16v and place the legs in the jumper.  Get your multimeter, and take a reading on the power on pins to find which pin is negative.  Then place the capacitor on the pins, making sure to get the negative on the right side, or it won't work.

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Peale what exactly does #2 do? Can you elaborate on the technique? Also, will the negative pin have continuity to ground?

AmericanDemon:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 23, 2004, 11:25:53 pm ---

Peale what exactly does #2 do? Can you elaborate on the technique? Also, will the negative pin have continuity to ground?

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Yeah me too.  You could also use a small wire and jump the two pins.  This is often done by people using a watercooling set up.

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