help - home pc wont switch on cos on/off switch is broken

BritBrat

The switch is NOT a switch.

All it does when you push the button is change the signal state to the motherboard from say 1 to 0, then when you push it again it changes the state from 0 to 1.

Get out of the idea it's a switch, it is not.

weegie.geek

It's definitely a switch.

It's a momentary push to make switch, and not a toggle switch, but it's definitely a switch.

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/switch.htm

flapjackboy

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BritBrat wrote: »

The switch is NOT a switch.

All it does when you push the button is change the signal state to the motherboard from say 1 to 0, then when you push it again it changes the state from 0 to 1.

In other words, it switches between states.

Garetha

Normally when you press the ON switch and release it's the same as pressing a door bell. But this brief signal means 'turn on'

Pressing the same switch for several seconds means 'turn off' (not to be done normally - an emergency escape option.)

When you replace the press with an on/off switch the first seconds of 'on' mean 'turn on' - but after a few seconds it means 'turn off'

So you can carry on with the present arrangement as long as you remember to switch on then off. Otherwise buy a simple door bell type of push switch which gives a brief 'on' while you are pressing it.