Sam, I once had an old 386 computer I sold to a friend. He called after setting it up that it wasn't working. I took it home, openned it up and checked everything. It was working fine. I closed up the case and returned it, and again, it did not work for him. Thinking it was something in his home setup, I made a housecall. Took the system apart to troubleshoot and it was working fine. Put it back together, and it stopped working. Finally, I saw the problem! Removing the case cover reduced stress somewhere in the motherboard that allowed the system to boot. As soon as I attached to case cover, the motherboard was strained and would not boot. I replaced the motherboard and all was well, again.
Long story short, does turning the case on its side de-stress some part of the motherboard or some other connection. Just a thought and wag. Good luck. Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Franc > I have an Antec case with a Gigabyte mobo that has a strange > boot operation. > If I press the start button and it doesn't boot, I turn the > case on it's side and it starts. > I can turn the tower back on it's base and it continues to run fine. > I turn it off for the night and it may start fine in the > upright position or I may have to turn it in it's side to get > it to boot. > I have replaced the start switch with no difference in operation. > What voltage should be across the start switch terminals? > Any ideas of what to explore? > I know this is a crazy problem with no obvious exploration paths. > Sam
