[linux-help] Re: hardware help Off Topic

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just another dumb thought (because I have done this) :-)
Is the power switch on the back of the power supply turned on?

(I hope you had either unplugged the power supply or had turned it off 
with the switch on the back before you replaced the DIMMs)

bruce wrote:

>After swapping memory DIMMS on a friend's computer, the computer 
>refuses to power up.  It has a push-button switch on the front which 
>has to be held in for four or five seconds to power down and one push 
>normally powers it up.
>
>The power cord on the back is okay (tried another cord) and the front 
>panel switch is working (used an ohmmeter) and the power supply is at 
>least partly working as there is 3.7 volts on the pin labeled "power 
>on" on the power supply when it's unplugged from the motherboard.
>
>Can't seem to find any help on the web.  Does anyone know enough about 
>these newer power supplies and how they are turned on to suggest a 
>solution?  I don't want to have to buy a new motherboard.
>bruce
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