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Jul 04, 2011 Rating Changing a power switch by: Support Hello Della, Disconnect the power cord from the computer while working on this solution! First take the old switch out of the case, are the wires on connectors or are they soldered directly to the switch? If they are connectors just disconnect them one at a time and then transfer them to the new switch, matching the colored wires to the new switch connector If they old switch and new switch wires are solider you can use the old wires to "pull" the new wires through the case. You would have to cut the wires of the old switch, tie or tape the ends of the new wires to the old wires. Using the old wires as a 'string' pull them through the case. Here is how I would do it: Pull the old switch out of the case as far as possible with out disconnecting the wires on the connectors of the mother board. Tie or tape the two sets of wires together, test them to see if they will pull apart before pulling them through the case (you don't want the tie/tape to come apart inside the case, it they come apart before you can reach them you will have to disassemble a lot of components to get to the wires). Once you are satisfied that they will not pull apart if they hang up on something gently pull the old wires out from the motherboard side. Don't use a lot of force because the wires are a very thin braid inside the insulation, too much force will stretch and break the wires inside making this a useless exercise. When the new wires are all the way down to the mother board untie the wires and connect each new wire where the old wire is connected. If this doesn't cure your problem with powering up the computer I would think the motherboard is failing, sorry. Hope this helps ...

Jul 04, 2011 Rating Thank you! by: Anonymous Your directions are so clear and make so much sense I feel confident to give this a try. I'll let you know if it works...hopefully from my own comp. ^^

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