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deadmoney5:
I can't seem to find what I want from searching (I know next to nothing about hooking up things to a motherboard to power on the pc)..

Does anybody have any pics or a very in-depth how-to that shows hooking up a microswitch to the pc power button so I can power on without actually pushing the power button physically located on the pc?

I have a power button on the keyboard, but that doesn't work to power up the pc at all...(can't find anything in the Bios, either)

Do you need to solder...because that would suck for me..

thanks for all your help!
seoushi:
This is actually really easy depending on if you have a specialized power switch (I have a Dell like this)..

In the front of your computer look to see where the power switch is wired, it should just be two wires that are bundled together. They connect on a place on your motherboard (a pin header) and it can be detached easily. if you want you can cut your power switch wire and wire in another power switch or you can take out the whole switch/wire and get/make your own pin header and a new switch.

Now if you have a proprietary connector (like my dell) for your power switch you gonna have to just short random pins to see which two turn on the machine then you can wire it up.

you shouldn't have to solder anything except maybe the wires to the new power switch, but defiantly nothing small and hard to do.
bigle:
i'm not sure but you could probably use wire taps from the original power button wires and extend them to a momentary switch that you mount somewhere on the outside of the cab.  they just clamp onto the existing wires so you don't have to cut or strip anything.  you can get them at parts express and i would guess that radio shack would probably have them as well.

pointdablame:
you'd have no problems using wire taps.

Basically just take the 2 wires that are connected to the motherboard and extend them as long as you need to.  Then hook them up to a microswitch.
JCKnife:
Really a momentary-on? I thought the power switch was a 2-position switch...
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