power switch

[JHADD]

on a friends computer ( packard bell) he as to press the power switch several times to get it to power on sometimes he will leave it after several attempts then it will power up on its own and when he shuts the computer down it powers up again after several minutes is there any way i can by pass the power switch to determine wether its a faulty power switch.
if the problem is the power switch is it possible to replace the switch.
The computer uses WinXP o/s and is a celeron processor thats all the info i have on the computer.
thanks jhadd

[trochia]

Not much info to go by, but being a Packard Bell and ancient...maybe time to upgrade?

Here's a PSU-Switch for sale I found on rbay...maybe it'll work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PACKARD-BELL-150W-AT-POWER-SUPPLY-SWITCH-GP-4150PB_W0QQitemZ110110648307QQcategoryZ44948QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[JHADD]

thanks for the help but i think ive solved the problem by going into the bios and disabling wake up on ring and wake up pme.
the computers powered up straight away since and as stopped rebooting.

[trochia]

Good to here, nice simple fix :-)