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How to turn on a PC without the power button?

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Jack James65 Jack James65 MemberOP
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#1 ·
Hey there,
so I just finished putting together this PC build—no case yet, obviously—and now I’m stuck wondering how to actually turn the thing on without a power button. Is there some kind of workaround?
I've heard you can just bridge the power and ground pins with a screwdriver or something, but I have no clue which ones they are...
The motherboard is an ASRock KBNF4G-SATA2.
Jack James65 Jack James65 MemberOP
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#2 ·
Alright, I found it, but is this actually safe? Like, am I going to deal with short circuits or sparks everywhere?
Henry Morales32 Henry Morales32 Newcomer
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#3 ·
I mean, I don't know what you think you found, but it should be safe enough.
That's how I used to do it when I was setting up the opC.
There’s a connector on the motherboard where most of the
front panel components plug in. You really need to have the MB schematic handy.
Somewhere in there, you'll find a couple of Power ON/GND pins.
Just bridge them for a few seconds—usually just with a screwdriver
and then let go. That basically simulates hitting the actual Power ON
button.
Jack James65 Jack James65 MemberOP
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joined Jul 2014
#4 ·
Henry Morales32 said:I mean, I'm not sure what you're looking at, but that should be safe enough.
That’s how I used to do it when I was setting up my PC.
There's a connector on the motherboard where most of the
front panel stuff plugs in. You really need to have the motherboard diagram handy.
Somewhere in there, you'll find a couple of Power ON/GND pins.
Just bridge them—usually with a screwdriver—for a second or two and then
let go. That basically simulates hitting the actual Power ON
button.

Alright, I'll give it a shot and let you know how it goes.
Jack James65 Jack James65 MemberOP
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joined Jul 2014
#5 ·
Henry Morales32 said:I mean, I'm not sure what you found, but that should be safe enough.
That's how I used to do it when I was setting up the opC.
There's a connector on the motherboard where most of the
front panel stuff plugs in. You really need to have the MB schematic.
Somewhere in there, you'll find a couple of Power ON/GND
pins. Just bridge them (usually with a screwdriver) for a few seconds and then
let go. That basically simulates hitting the actual Power ON
button.

Anyway, thanks for the help. It powered up and it's working...
thanks 😁DDD

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