How to Install Power and Reset Switches in a Computer

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Part of the video series: How to Build a Custom PC

Summary: Power, reset switch, and hard drive LED installation in building a custom PC in this free video.

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By Stephanie Haworth
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Contact: www.claytoncomputer.com

Stephanie is a Comp TIA A Certified computer technician who works for Clayton Computer (http://www.claytoncomputer.com) in St. Louis, MO.read more

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minkish said

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on 4/22/2009 Just finished installing my new motherboard and having issues with my front power switch and the like. I've connected my power switch to my mother board and i can't turn it on, but if i connect my power led to the same two pins the led lights up. no where else does my power led light up if i pick other pins to connect too. Am i don't something wrong or is my mother board defaulty, mabye a bad circuit in the case? I ordered both recently and have been careful installing and now at a brick wall.. any help would be appriceiated.

freddyerocha said

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on 9/6/2008 Hi, I just completed setting up a new PC. MSI motherboard P6n SLI, Intel 4, 775 Socket. I check all the conncetions; however the poer switch only powers the PC but oes not shut off. Secondly, noting is appearing on the screen only "Video not detected" message Can you please tell where to look?
Thank you

alburnuni said

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on 8/2/2008 thank u very much.

alburnuni said

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on 8/2/2008 hi...I'm Amri a member of Expert Village, from Aceh, I would like to ask you. how to connect cables Power Sw, reset sw, power led and hdd led on motherboard K7S0m.

albert1005 said

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on 8/2/2008 Thanks! :P U gys r vry hlpfl spclly Stephanie!:P atlst now i cn build my own pc:P rili thnks to u guys!:P btw.. i hve no trobles in video plybck anymore!:P U gys r gr8!:P more power!:P

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" Hi! My name is Stephanie and I’m here on behalf of expertvillage.com. Please visit our web site at www.clickincomputer.com. These are front power switch, reset switch, hard drive light and power light. These are where they’re going to connect the motherboard. Often, it is very hard to read, but your manual that comes with your motherboard with generally tell you which one to plug in. We are going to plug in our power switch, which is indicated by PWSW, then our restart switch, which is indicated by RWSW. We’re going to plug in our speaker, which is a separate cable, it goes on the four pin, where it’s indicated by SPKR generally, a power LEDs, positive and negative, generally they don’t make much difference, which is positive and which is negative, merely used for reference. Then we’re going to plug in our hard drive LED, which is usually referenced by HDLD. "

eHow Article: How to Install Power and Reset Switches in a Computer