Cabinet Power Switch Dead

[Emperor]

Hi,

My friend's generic cabinet power switch dead, so he turn Reset Switch as Power Switch. By adjusting 2 cables on Motherboard Front Panel Port.

Now he use Re-Set Switch as Power Switch, he just want to know if this adjustment do have any bad impact on board or any other part/processor etc. of his system?

Regards

 

[NotMyRealName]

Absolutely no issues, i did the same for my cousin's elite 430.

 

[Emperor]

Absolutely no issues, i did the same for my cousin's elite 430.

Thank you for reply

 

[NotMyRealName]

Thank you for reply

Haha, no need for thanks, this is why this forum exists primarily !

 

[mk76]

Both my desktops have such a setup. It's just a jumper connection in the motherboard.

If both switches fail and if you know how, can even install fancy push button like these for starting.

 

[chiro3110]

Hi,
My friend's generic cabinet power switch dead, so he turn Reset Switch as Power Switch. By adjusting 2 cables on Motherboard Front Panel Port.
Now he use Re-Set Switch as Power Switch, he just want to know if this adjustment do have any bad impact on board or any other part/processor etc. of his system?
Regards

No not an issue at all. This happened to my year 2000's Pentium 3 computer (it is still running now with Win XP and a functional floppy drive! haha).
So this setup is running for 20 years you can say. Yes, you reset functionality goes out.

As simple DIY, if you use Arduino, if you have Male-Female and Female-Female jumper wires, those work with the front panel header on motherboard, to make a manual Reset switch.