ATX power supllies do not have a power switch like the older AT power supplies. The connector that plugs from the power supply into the motherboard will take of the connection to the power button on your case. Your power button will also have to be plugged onto the proper connection on your motherboard too.
Just about every power supply I've owned doesn't have a power switch. The power supply is turned on by one of the wires in the 24 pin connector. According to this it looks to be pin 16 and how to turn it on:
"Short this pin to GND to switch power supply ON, disconnect from GND to switch OFF."
Hope this helps
Ray
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Hi,
most of the old PSU had no primary power switch.They are powered up only by the impulse sent by the motherboard that act as a sort of "jumper" between two of the ATX pin when the pc's power on button is pressed. The power switch mounted on the power supply, was only introduced recently as a means of protection against power drops and lightnings.
Hope it was helpful,
Franz
Just plug in the power cable and connecting the cables to the motherboard. Your case power button will have some small cables that need to be plugged into the motherboard as well. Once finished, the power switch on your case will start the the computer and power supply through the motherboard.
The motherboard will send a control signal to the power supply when you press the power button on the computer chassis (assuming everything is connected properly.) That will turn the power supply on
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