Momentary switch

[saintj]

In the instructions that came with my k7s5a mobo it says the reset and power pins must connect to a momentary switch. Do all cases come with momentary switches for reset and power. Thanks.

[tony_j15]

If they didn't you couldn't turn your comp on and off by the button.

[ukulele]

Yes, look on the front of the case. If it doesn't have them you got gyped. AT style cases have a momentary switch only for the reset but the KS75A won't work in those cases anyway.

[saintj]

Thanks Ukulele, I haven't ohmed it yet but they both act like regular on/off switches they don't act like a momentary switch to me. Either one of them. It doesn't seem to me like the reset switch should click like an on/off switch sould it ? Thanks

[saintj]

I just think of a momentary switch as one when you press it it makes when you let it go it breaks it doesn't switch on or off. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[ukulele]

It should work like a horn button. If it clicks and stays in then it is an AT style switch. Just check it out first.

[saintj]

Thats what I thought. A horn button exactly. No it definately switches on/off two clicks. Does this mean I shouldn't hook it up and just use the hot keys cntrl-alt del to reboot or what ? Thanks.

[ukulele]

It must be a case that origionally had a AT motherboard in it. Just use the reset button as the power switch. You don't really need a reset button with windows anyway.

[ukulele]

I forgot to mention I have in the past converted some cases from AT to ATX, so it is not impossible but most AT cases don't convert easily.

[Bovon]

Originally posted by saintj
No it definately switches on/off two clicks. Look at the power supply, does it have a cable that goes from the psu to the switch up front?..if so, thats a AT type power supply. Now, the power supply could have been exchanged for an ATX type, leaving the on/off switch on the front not connected to anything. If its got an ATX power supply, there will be no cable from the psu to the front, and it will have a 20 pin socket to connect to the mainboard. All ATX mainboards have pin-headers on the motherboard where the power switch, reset switch, speaker, LEDs connect.

Like ukulele said, if your case actually does have an on/off type power switch...and there is no wires connected to it going into the power supply, and you can determine that the psu is actually an ATX type, you can use the reset switch, which is a momentary type and will function quite good as the power switch.