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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: nymph4 on May 13, 2008, 10:33:01 AM

Title: Tower HELP
Post by: nymph4 on May 13, 2008, 10:33:01 AM

I am making a Computer again and I need some help with the Towers if anyone can help??

I have had 2. Towers a couple of years ago and the Power Switch alway whent BAD.

When ever I tock the front Beazle of the Tower I chould see the Power Switch was insise the Matel plate.

And even if I whent inside the Tower the Power switch was covered inside as well with a nother pice of Matel.

I am looking for a Tower that if the Power switch goes Bad I can replace it.
But every Tower I ever had the Power Switch is seald between to piceses of Matel.


Now every time I call up a diferant Tower Componey they tell me all Towers can have the Power Switch replaced.

Cand you tell me if this is true or what is going on?
Thanks

Title: Re: Tower HELP
Post by: hejlik on May 13, 2008, 10:56:30 AM

I can't help you much but I would not chose a tower on this criteria alone.  I have had several computers and I have never had a power switch go bad. 

I would concentrate on a tower with plenty of room and decent air flow.  And, at least in most cases, I would avoid the towers with power supplies included. Or at least buy a separate (good quality) power supply. That is what I did and it left me with a power supply that I could use to diagnose problems with.  Most power supplies that come with computer towers are of poor quality.

I am not sure why you have been having problems with power buttons but I think it is a fluke.

Title: Re: Tower HELP
Post by: soybean on May 13, 2008, 03:02:55 PM

Quote from: nymph4 on May 13, 2008, 10:33:01 AM

I have had 2. Towers a couple of years ago and the Power Switch alway whent BAD.

How do you know the switch was the problem in both cases?  What were the symptoms?  How do you know the problem was not a faulty power supply or some other cause?

Title: Re: Tower HELP
Post by: nymph4 on May 14, 2008, 08:43:52 AM

What I ment was when I pressed the Power Switch on one of my Towers the Botton would not come out it Stuck in.

And one Tower I got had one of the wires to the Power Switch fall off.

Everybody tells me that I can replace just the Switch in the front of the Tower but I can't get to it WHY??

This is how all my Towers ware set up.
The Power Supply had a 20 pin connector that would plug into the Motherboard.  And the Power Switch in the front would connect to the Motherboard.

Title: Re: Tower HELP
Post by: patio on May 14, 2008, 02:32:55 PM

Well they're all like that except the ones with 24 pin connectors ...are you looking for recommendations on what case to buy...or something completely different ?

Title: Re: Tower HELP
Post by: nymph4 on May 14, 2008, 03:57:20 PM

This is what I ment when I buy a Tower and the Switch stick in  or the wires from the Switch fall off it is the Switch in the fromnt of the Tower that I would have to replace.

Can all Switches be replaced on Towers if so how?

They all seem to be made into the Tower itself.