Kickstarting a motherboard [Technical]

[RipNet]

Hello all,

Im trying to decide wether or not to go ahead and kick start my old pII motherboard.

basically I have 1 case with an amd combo in there. WOuld it be possible to remove the power led from this computer (while its on) and slap the front of the case (wires and all) on my pII to give it a kickstart. I dont plan on resarting on. But my main concern is if removing the powerled on my current rig would cause some sort of undisirable effect.

Perhaps someone has tried this before?

Thanks

[SteenkyBastage]

hola ripnet, welcome to the forums.

lemme first ask a couple of questions, as i'm not entirely certain i'm following you.

do you have 2 power supplies? 2 cases, etc?

i'm not sure i understand what you are trying to accomplish.

as far as unplugging your "power led" from the motherboard:

all the led's do is light up the lights. the power led doesn't affect power at all. if you meant unplug the power supply from the MB, then yes, you will have a problem.

if you have 2 power supplies, but you dont have a switch to turn on the old MB (which i hope is what you're talking about, as it's the only thing i can think of that wont cause a big problem), then all you need to do is close the circuit to turn on the MB (or you could go to radio shack and buy a switch. there are also ways to turn on the power supply w/o using a switch, but i'll wait and see if i'm even on the right track before i go into that for nothing.

good luck

[RipNet]

Thats right. I have two complete systems. one doesnt have a case. How can I go about turining it on without the power switch on the front of a case (the button you push to turn your cpu on)

[flounder43]

Perhaps this link would be of help. It describes how to start a psu without a motherboard...
http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42629&highlight=turn+on+an+atx+power+supply

[stompah]

Just find a manual for MB (if not written on MB) and locate the 2 pins for power. And use a peice of wire to close the circuit. not too hard.

[Crash893]

just use a spare jumper if you have it

put it on there to start and pull it off when your done

[Veland]

Actually you should just short the pins for a brief period, as the power switch on all ATX powered MB's use a momentary type switch. Leaving a jumper on the MB would be the same as holding the powerswitch, normally causing a power-off or suspend mode.

If you don't restart the other computer you have often, you could use the restart button from it on the pII?

[Kingslayer]

Veland is right. Once it powers up stop shorting them.

What happens when you hold an ATX powerbutton in?

[Wa11y]

Originally posted by Kingslayer
What happens when you hold an ATX powerbutton in?

Ooh! Ooh! I know! Ooh! Pick me! <flails hand wildly>
It powers off after 4-6 seconds depending on the mobo. It's to keep dumb people from accidentally hitting their power switch and turing off their PC (and thank god for that!). Unless you're using one of these crappy iPaqs we have a work. If you hit the power down button momentarily, it's just like telling Windows to shut down. Rather annyoing.

[MrX]

I always set windows to power down after pressing the power down button...........its taken 10 years for computers to start going back the same sort of standards as other household appliances.