I'll try the paper clip thing. My family will try, but... they usually don't well, they don't know where to plug it in at. ~~TheCreator~~ website: http://tysplace.shaned.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 moo coder/wizard and administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 4:55 PM Subject: Re: hardware question, power button not working on system. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Either that, or a jumper might work as well I suppose. Alex is right, > you really should get sighted assistance here, instead of > experimenting. Avoid going to computer shops. As you've already found > out, they charge a good fee for small stuff, and they've got a right > to, or if they're a bunch of idiots, they'll blame the problem on you, > or on the fact that you're running an OS which they're not familiar > with. > > A family member should be able to tell you how to plug it in by > looking at the board. Just be patient, explain to them exactly what > they need to do, tell them about discharging themselves properly > before touching anything in the system, and they should be able to > help you without much of a problem, even if it seems like they're not > the right people to ask, because of their lack of knowledge. I'm > speaking from experience here in wiring a few motherboards to the > system, and setting jumpers on cards. > > As for your other question, you very well may get shocked when trying > the paper clip method, however, the most it will be is 12V DC, which > you'll hardly feel, if you will at all. Most likely, it will be less > then that, I'm not exactly sure what voltage the board uses on the > system block connectors. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 04:43:54PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > > You really need sited assistance to do that. Every motherboard is > > different as far as the connecters go and you might fry something if > > you plug it in wrong. One way I found to tell what pins the power > > switch is (I don't recommend this unless you know what you're doing) is > > to take a paperclip or other small piece of metal and use it to > > connect pairs of pins in the connecter until the machine powers on. > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEqE707s9z/XlyUyARAj7cAKDDvaSeeWczK89MdfRUy/lmVRtAhgCeLbem > V7jtABXuPRc8RBp/a03PBuo= > =99c8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
