[paigepon]

Alright so I recently moved my Entire system to a new Case. (it was a used case but it was sturdier for the car ride to college.)

However When I went to start up the system it failed to start.
I tried the usual methods (One stick of ram, Unplugging Hard drives and DVD Drives) Nothing worked until I tried to short the Power Switch with a screw driver. and Alas the system started up fine. I could even hook it up to the monitor and everything worked fine. But I can't Use a PC that I have to open up, Short and Close back up.

So I was just wondering if anyone knew what could be causing this issue? I'm looking at the Case's Power Switch as the culprit which seems to be the only logically choice, however how can this be repaired because right now I have no access to another case?
Thanks for your help guys

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Your best option would be to order a new case, you can get a cheapy for $20 off the net.

Other than that, I don't know what to tell you, except maybe cut the power button wire, route it to the outside of the case and set up a bypass switch that you can flip on & off.

[CrazyIvan007]

Your best option would be to order a new case, you can get a cheapy for $20 off the net.

Other than that, I don't know what to tell you, except maybe cut the power button wire, route it to the outside of the case and set up a bypass switch that you can flip on & off.

[wannabe1]

Double check the Front Panel Bus connections. What you describe can happen if it isn't wired correctly.

If you do add a switch, be sure it's a momentary contact switch...a regular on/off switch will not work.