At 01:38 AM 4/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>This is my first posting, please be kind.  I have just put together a new
>system am having power related problems.  I have no peripherals installed,
>just a video card and a hard drive so that I could test it.  Here is what I
>have:
>
>ATX Midtower case by MinMaw
>FIC PA-2012 motherboard
>AMD K6-233
>32MB SDRAM DIMM
>3.2GB Western Digital HDD
>
>I can get it to power up, and I have even installed win95..everything seems
>fine.  Unless I bump the case, or insert a floppy disk while it is powered
>on.    The whole unit powers off and I can't get it to turn back on.  The
>button just acts dead.  It also happened when I put the front cover on (it
>just snaps in).  The only way I can get it to turn on again is if I
>disconnect the power cable, then unplug the power supply from the
>motherboard, plug it in again, then plug in the external power cable.
>Am I looking at a problem with the case and power supply, or the
>motherboard?  (or something else)
>I checked the power switch and everything was tight.  I don't have another
>ATX case so I can't really test it out and I purchased this case from out of
>town.  Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lucas Taylor
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Lucas..........I had the identical problem with the first system I put
together......It seems I didn't have the motherboard grounded to the case
properly............When I got it grounded properly (the brass grounding
screw between the case and the MB), these problems disappeared.....
Not very technical sounding advice......*L*......but it worked for
me......!!!.....Good luck.....!!

Alan Bentley
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