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Thread ID: 119509 2011-07-26 11:04:00 Just had my second PC case crap out ! Digby (677) Press F1
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1219305 2011-07-26 22:25:00 Ah the old silicon spray trick ! Digby (677)
1219306 2011-07-27 00:10:00 Pretty hard to trash the actual on/off switch.
But I have seen the plastic button cover part fail, why not just amend it?

You can remove the plastic bit and use the actual switch? That way you can see if it's the cover or the switch.
pctek (84)
1219307 2011-07-27 00:29:00 Come on!, spill the beans...what are the cases? SolMiester (139)
1219308 2011-07-27 01:30:00 One is a crappy cheap case.
The other one is a Coolermaster with a sliding mother board tray.

I think I'lll put one or both of them on Trademe
Digby (677)
1219309 2011-07-27 01:43:00 Post links to the auctions when you do, yeah? :p wratterus (105)
1219310 2011-07-27 03:46:00 I've repaired a power button before, well actually I cut a rectangular hole around it and glued one in from another case, but it worked. Also repaired the front audio jacks when they permanently disconnected the left channel from the rear jack by solder bridging the switch connections. Then yesterday I dismembered my CM storm scout and retrieved the rest button that had dissappeared inside.

The point is, I'm not the most motivated at fixing cases and I've managed 3 times so it can be done. Especially if the case costs over $200 like the scout did. A cheap and nasty fix I've considered in the past is to mount a couple of switches onto a 5.25" blanking panel and install it in a spare bay. Plastic is rather easy to drill, cut etc.
dugimodo (138)
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