True. ATX only requires a momentary shorting of the power pins to power on. Why waste money on a power switch? Just jumper or connect them via wire....
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:49:32 -0600 (CST), -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, John Hebert wrote: > > > I found out that a simple momentary connection is all > > that is needed, using the metal tip of an ink pen on > > the power switch terminal posts on the motherboard. > > So, a SPST momentary switch is the minimum needed. > > cool...neat trick. i assume if you left the pen across the posts for 3 > seconds, the board would turn off? i have an atx power supply and also > the power switch that i cannibalized from an old case. So i put the mobo > and ps on the table. plug in the switch, and power up. > > ray > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
