Inspiron 620 power switch issue.

The description I found for the problem I'm having seems like the power switch issue. I took the switch out and used an ohm meter to test it. It's good. Now What?

I have a Sapphire R7 260X and found that it did not support DOS VESA Bios video modes.
This meant that It does not display anything on a VGA monitor and booted to an F12 Bios menu that said ERROR unable to set vesa video mode 103. This meant that F2 CMOS setup was unavailable EVER with this card.
When I called them they said they don't support DOS or Vesa Extensions.
I ended up using an EVGA Geforce 750 TI SC instead.

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Every time I shut down the computer, performs the process smoothly, and when it goes off, the computer is restarted automatically. Do not stay off.
It's the same if keep pressing the power button for about two seconds. (in post for example) It seem to be shut down, the fans almost stopped immediately but the computer starts up again.
The only way to turn it off is to keep pressing the power button more than seven seconds. But I cannot turn off normally from the command “shut down” Windows.
I tried several solutions, without any success:
Try several power buttons on of different cases: Also, I have to manually shutdown the computer joining the pins of the ignition of the mainboard ( Not worry, I have been careful not to make any short circuit)
Test setup minimum, only memory, processor and video card. ( We also tried another video card and other memory).
Try different power supplies.
Disable all peripherals in the bios. (usb, parallel and com port, audio, lan, ATA, SATA, raid, IRD. IE1934, floppy, etc)
Change all possible power configurations of the bios:
IOAPIC Function (enable and disable)
MPS: (1.4 and 1.1).
ACPI Standby State (S1 and S3)
Video Off Method (all options)
Power Button Function (power off and suspend)
Restore On AC Power Loss (keep off)
Wake-Up Event Activity (disable everything)
I don´t changed or updated the BIOS. I have installed version 1.9. The last according MSI Liveupdate.
Actually, I do not know what to do. I do not think that is any configuration of windows, that this behavior as I have with the minimum configuration, without any operating system. Also disable all wakeup events of the network for nforce chipset from device manager in Windows.
The computer works fine on Windows, I don´t have any “death blue screen”, no hanging, freeze or problems with devices or drivers.
I need your suggestions and assist me with some answers:
Can the new drivers for Vista to make changes directly in the firmware of the components of mainboard? (Especially MSI chipset and Nforce drivers)
Will could have damaged somewhere in the process of changing case? (remember, the computer works fine in windows without errors)
Can I make a degradation of the BIOS firmware to an earlier version?
I will receive all suggestions and ideas to solve my problem. It is a good mainboard and I think ridiculous change for the inconvenience.
Thank you all for your help.
Josh

"Same issue with all PSU"
What stats they have? (Amperes per each line)
Also read Moan Guide and provide full details about your PC.
Have you tried with different memory stick?
"Every time I shut down the computer, performs the process smoothly, and when it goes off, the computer is restarted automatically. Do not stay off."
That means auto power on? Have you tried with mainboard out of PC case?(It could be shorting issue, or power switch issue)

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Sounds like it may be a hardware issue.
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Creative Zen Micro 6GB/Problems with Power Switch and Firmw

The power switch on my Zen Micro has died. I can't turn it on or off unless I 'jump start' it from a USB cable and leave it alone to go into idle shutdown. I've had this player just three weeks and this is happened and frankly I'm disgusted. But wait, my story get's worse:
So before sending it back to Creative I thought that I should at least exhaust every possible cure. First on my list? A Firmware upgrade to v2.22.05. I downloaded the program and set about installing the new firmware but halfway through the process it hung and I had to end it prematurely. Now what I had was a ZM that apparently had v2.22.05 but was not being recognised at all by my computer. Media Explorer wasn't picking up on it and neither was WMP although strangely when I connect the device it's there in the Device Manager...
So, check back with the website and it said to download an update for Mediasource and that should solve the problem. Downloaded the patch but then realised that I hadn't installed Mediasource on my computer (can't remember why I didn't though). Went back to the downloads page and downloaded Mediasource. Tried to install it but I can't. The reason? because my computer isn't detecting the ZM and I can't install it until it recognises that it's there.
As a last resort I thought that I would try to use 'Rescue Mode'. Seemed simple enough, remove the battery and hold down the power switch. Then put the battery back in and wait for the rescue screen to come up. Seems easy enough. Oh wait, I don't have a working power switch.
What I do have though, is a small piece of plastic and metal that I can't turn on, can't turn off, can't put any songs on, can't listen to, can't fix and can't be bothered with. I have a ?60 paperweight.
Anyone at all have any idea what I should do? I just want to put it all in a box and send it back to Amazon with a request for a full refund or a threat to take them to the Small Claims Court.

Although a failed power switch is not unknown, I only recall seeing two or three other cases of this. It's not common.
If WMP isn't working with the device having v2 firmware something is wrong. Unfortunately this can be difficult to fix, but take a look here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net.
MediaSource won't detect the player if there's some issue e.g. WMP0 not detecting it. You can of course also try installing Zen Micro Media Explorer (Creative Zen Micro Media Explorer Web Update to be specific) which has MTP support.
Are you are presumably under guarantee, and as you bought from an Internet store, it's best to return it direct to Creative. Contact Creative Support to arrange this.

HP Mini Netbook Power Switch

My sister is not able to power on her HP Mini 1010NR netbook. I was looking at the HP Mini 1000 Mainteance ans Service guild and could not find a part number for the replacement switch. Is there a parts manual and breakdown on this hardware area? The netbook is out of warrenty, but I would like to fix the issue with a replacement power switch.
Thanks for any help!
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I happen to own one of those.
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The greates likelihood is that your power adapter is faulty. Does the power led light up when it is plugged into the netbook?
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HI .. I have a new macmini 2.5 Ghz 10.7.3 Lion, had a problem today ,it froze so I could not shut down using mouse or tablet. used the power switch, when I tried to restart I got audible 'beeps' from it.

HI ....I have a new macmini 2.5 Ghz 10.7.3 Lion, had a problem today ,it froze so I could not shut down using mouse or tablet pen. used the power switch, when I tried to restart I got audible 'beeps' from it. I managed to restart it but kept getting a message come up on one ot the dual screens ' restart using the power swich to turn it off , then press it again to restart.'
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When I turn the Eizo screen on first and then press the power button on the mac-mini, I hear the chime then the screen flahes the 'Digital no signal' message on and off for about 30 seconds , then the monitor comes on as normal. But it is still freezing up on me after using it for a while and I am having to use the power switch button to turn it off again.
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I really don't have an answer for that one. I guess that while trying to get things working correctly, I would use the most basic monitor I had which in your case would be the Eizon using the Thunderbolt port and adaptor.
When you boot into Safe Mode the startup is quite slow, but you should get the Apple logo and then the spinning gear below it (release the SHIFT key when it appears.) Then after a little more time you should see a gray progress bar appear below the spinning gear. When that disappears the computer will startup to a login screen.

How do i do a hard reset with an inop power switch?

How do i do a hard reset with an inop power switch? my pwr switch broke sometime ago.I've been turning it on by the function keys.
i need to do a hard reset and the instuctions say to hold down the pwr button while pusing the reset button in back. Any other ways?
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Hello raydio, download the program called "Hard Reset" from here:
http://www.palmpowerups.com/downloads.php?cat_id=2
It's about halfway down the page. When installed, you just run the program and in 10 seconds it will do a Hard Reset!
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Re: Pavilion s5-1204 power switch wiring / motherboard pinset

Re: Pavilion s5-1204 power switch wiring / motherboard pinset I need the pin set for this model the on/off wire is not connect to the board need to no where to connect

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I understand that you are looking for where you can re-connect the power switch for your HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1204 Desktop PC. I am providing you with an image below where I have circled in red the Front Panel Header where you need to connect the power switch to.
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Officejet 8600 Pro+ Power-switch lamp cycling bright then dim

My Officejet 8600 Pro+ printer is brand new, and is connected via my wired network. It's working perfectly so far. Wi-Fi and fax are both (deliberately) turned off / disabled & not needed.
The Power-switch has a nice green light to indicate that the printer has "power" OK - and the lamp seems to have two "on" states, namely 'dim', and 'bright'.
The printer seems to go into "Sleep Mode" OK, and the control panel turns off as expected after my preset "Sleep" interval. (I'm not using the scheduling options.) It also wakes-up OK when I send it a print job. Again, everything is fine so far ...
While the printer is in this low-power 'ECO' state, the intensity of the green Power-switch lamp varies slowly between bright and dim, on a roughly 6-second cycle - 3 seconds at 'bright', then 3 seconds at 'dim', and it never stops cycling - bright then dim then bright etc..
BUT ... and here's my question ... should this lamp be staying 'dim' while the printer is asleep?
Or, does the fact that it is returning to 'bright' every few seconds imply that it is somehow failing to STAY fully 'asleep'?
I can't find any clues about this in the printer's manual.
Perhaps I should raise a query with the HP Support folks, but I thought I'd ask here first.
Thanks in anticipation. Edited to add:
I'd be glad to know whether any other Officejet 8600 owner (or the owner of any other Officejet model) sees this same bright/dim behaviour on their Power-switch lamp? Thanks.

Thanks pcwizard, I got the same reply yesterday from my HP Customer Care enquiry, and I'm satisfied now that my machine isn't cycling repeatedly into sleep mode and then 3 seconds later coming half "out" of sleep mode! I know the HP design folks may never look at these Forum entries, but I'd hint to them that perhaps this ambiguous "sleep" indication might be made an optional choice, so that I could choose a steady low-intensity light instead. It's not an enormous issue of course, but in my little "office" space, this Power button is right in my line-of-sight as I work, and - even though I now know that my printer is perfectly healthy - the slowly-pulsing light had become a recurring distraction until I covered it with a little 'disc' of semi-opaque sticky tape Thanks again.Colin

Imac keeps shutting down - is this a power supply issue

Dear all. Help would be much appreciated.
my imac G5 has recently started shutting down by itself - always about 1 minute after starting up... I have seen a few suggestions to reset the PRAM and the power switch - both of which I have done to no avail.
I have hoovered the dust out - still same problem.
Question is - can I be confident that this IS the issue - and order a replacement part?
I would like to install it myself - thus avoiding cost for a repair - and am confident I could do it if I had good instructiuons.
Can anyone help me with my diagnosis or how to fit a new power supply?
Thanks in advance - I am really missing my imac!

You can't be completely sure that it's the power supply, it could be bad caps . Open the machine up and inspect the caps, and also the ones in the power supply unit. If any of them is bulging or leaking, that would be your problem. Look at http://www.jimwarholic.com/2008/07/how-to-repair-apple-imac-g5.php for instructions and help.
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
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At wits end with 880GMA-E55 power down issue, EDIT: FIXED

Hello all, I have decided to post here in hopes that I can get my problem figured out and resolved. I have done everything I can (and all the searching to go with it) to find a fix to this blasted problem but I just can't seem to narrow it down or am not going far enough.
I recently built a PC I am not completely new at it but it was the first time by myself. I got it put together and running fine, OS installed (win7 64bit pro) and drivers/programs. It is stable and runs great, tested memory and everything else and there are no problems that I can see and it hasn't crashed under stress a single time and there are no errors in the event log anymore. The ONLY problem I have is when I want to shut it down it doesn't power off but instead turns back on and starts booting again. I thought it was an OS issue with a driver/program conflict making it fail at shutdown and reboot, but no matter what setting I change in accordance with the power management or automatically restarting when it comes upon an error, it has remained a problem. It won't shut down; Not from the power button, not from the OS, not from safe mode, not from logging off or anything. I thought it was an issue with how I connected the front panel connectors (and it may be) but no matter what I do to the wires it doesn't change anything. Have I built a ghost machine? Stable but can't power off? Is it a hardware or driver/software issue? I would really like to figure this out, even though the PC runs great I don't want to simply ignore this, as having to flip the power switch to prevent it from rebooting at shutdown is not fun nor acceptable.
I updated to the latest bios (25.3), checked and reinstalled drivers, checked every OS and bios setting related to the issue. Nothing has solved it and I really don't want it to be the mobo itself as that will devastate me. I would Hate to have to send it back in and replace it, the PC is running fine and stable after all, just reboots at shutdown.
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AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2ghz
MSI-7623 880GMA-E55 AM3 USB 3.0 SATAIII mobo
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G.skill PC10666 8GB (x2 4GB) V series
WD 640GB SATAIII 64mb cache HDD
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Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Like I mentioned in the first post, everything related to power management or wakeup in the OS and bios has been disabled.
I cleaned up the errors in the event log however I did have some odd driver/software installs (like the msi software which usually conflicts with the 64bit systems).
I didn't install from the cd I downloaded drivers from the websites and installed those. Live update also ran and installed the network drivers, I went to realtek and reinstalled just in case.
There might still be a driver/software conflict however the only errors in the event log currently are not the ones I was having previously they are unrelated and not serious.
Is the only way to solve such a (sorry) stupid problem is to reinstall the OS? seems kind of ...redundant ..everything works fine except it can't shutdown. I Wish the OS would just shut itself down clearing its memory and then power off the system, but apparently thats too much to ask.

Power switch Compaq Presario SR1522X HELP!!!!!

HELP! For the life of me, I cannot figure out the front panel power switch. How on earth does it work? My switch wont turn on the computer. I've taken off the front panel, and i am completely baffled how the switch even works. Any help would be appreciated.
thank you
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Hello @Fred_W,
I understand that your power switch is not working and you require assistance. I am providing you with a guide on how to ensure it is plugged in properly below:
Step 1. What does the power switch look like.
The power on/off switch and the hard drive activity and power-on LEDs are contained in a single module.
Step 2. Where is the power switch located?
The module is mounted behind the front wall of the chassis.
Step 3. How is the power switch fastened to the chassis?
3 hooks on the module fasten it to the chassis wall.
Step 4. Where is the power switch connected to the motherboard?
I hope this information helps to answer your question. Given the age of the computer HP no longer carries the power switch so if it needs to be replaced you will have to find a 3rd party distributor. An online search or possibly a local computer technician should be able to locate the part for your.
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PXIe-1075 Power switch will not turn off chassis

Hi,
I think I am having trouble turning my PXIe-1075 chassis off with the front mounted power switch. When I press the power switch, the green LED will ficker and the PWR LED on my PXIe-8360 MXI card will flicker from green to red and then back to green. I have a PXI-1042 chassis as well that seems to turn off properly. The switch on my PXI-1042 chassis has two positions, but the switch on my PXIe-1075 only seems to have one position. I am in a spot where I will need to power off my chassis to move it occasionally. Does it sound like my PXIe-1075 chassis has an issue? Am I missing something? I also tried holding the power switch. This will cause all the installed modules active light to turn off, but the PWR light on the switch and the PWR light on the MIX card will stay the same.

Hello,
The 1075 has two modes for shutdown. You can select between the modes with the 'inhibit' switch on the back of the chassis. When this switch is in the default position, the chassis will power down when you shut down the controller in the chassis (I'm not sure if it will automatically power down with the MXI connection when you shutdown the PC- I do not believe it will). When the switch is in the manual position, the chassis does not shut down with the controller and you must use the Inhibit signal on pin 5 of the Remote Inhibit and Voltage Monitoring connector. I believe your chassis is in 'Manual' mode. More information on this is available in the manual on page 2-12:
http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/372537b.pdf
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Power switch problem

Hi all,
I have a strange problem with the power switch, I means the switch on back of the Power Supply, not on the front panel. Just switch on the power supply, all fans in the case will immediately running! The system remain un-booted. Then if I press the power button, the system will boot normally.
My understanding is, when I switch the power supply, the whole system will do nothing, ONLY after the power on button, boot will start, fan will spin. Do you have the same problem? How to solve it?

I can't believe this would suddenly start happening, but this is a copy and paste (in italic) from another thread on this forum.
False Start For Me As Well !!!
Hello,
I've just bought and tried 3 different Antec Neopower power supplies on my MSI Neo2 Platinum motherboard (AMD Nforce3, socket 939) and I still experience the same problem :
Everytime I switch on my computer I hear the fans working, the disks starting but the power led remains off and if I do nothing the screen remains black. I have to hit the power button one more time in order to startup my computer. I do not have this problem when I restart the computer from windows. Moreover I could see that when I unplug the power connectors of my 2 raptors I do not have the problem, the system is starting the first time I switch it on (I tried different cables of course). I also removed the power supply from the case but it's still the same.
Precision : I NEVER had this kind of problem with my former Tagan 480W.
As I already tried with 3 different Neopower power supplies I now ask you for help. Please
Now that looks like a power issue.

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