Ah,~basic~troubleshooting <G>. Make sure system is plugged in, turned on and
measure for voltage at the P/S. Glad to here you solved the problem.

BTW, WRT to the post suggesting a jumper on the mobo. Not saying that some
mobo have jumpers for such but I also know that some, e.g. Soyo, do not.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Walley <[log in to unmask]>
To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] ATX Power Supply Failure?


>I have tracked down the problem.
>
>ATX cases (or at least mine) have
>two power supply switches - both
>of which have to be turned "on" before
>the motherboard will receive any power.
>
>On my ATX case one switch is in the back
>of the computer and one on the front.
>
>Steven
>
>
>
>----------
>> From: Steven Walley <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [PCBUILD] ATX Power Supply  Failure?
>> Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 11:17 PM
>>
>> I just bought my first ATX case and a ATX style motherboard.
>> When hooked up, nothing happens. This is also happens when
>> I hook up the ATX power supply to a second (known good)
>> motherboard.
>>
>> The second motherboard has dual power connectors, one
>> for ATX and the other AT style. When hooked up to a regular
>> AT style power supply, the motherboard works fine.
>>
>> Did I buy a ATX case with a defective power supply?
>> Or is there something else about the newer ATX power
>> supplies I'm missing?
>>
>> Steven
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