Hi. I'm gonna be building a new system soon and I figured I better run everything to see if it works before fixing everything in the casing. I know this is poosible as I have seen it before. Just curious about what precautions need to be taken. I know that the mobo needs to be placed on some kinda insulator, usually people use the anti-static foam that comes with it right? What about the power supply? Does it need to be grounded? And how do I get the comp to start up without the switch that comes on the case?

Use screw driver or pen to touch the on/off pin to on the pc.

Your power supply will be grounded through the 3-pin plug in your house. The insulator is just to prevent any sort of short circuit which can occur (for example if you put the motherboard directly on a surface which might conduct electricity or can have a lot of static discharge (carpets, rugs).

To start the PC without using the plug, basically just short the two pins of the connector because that is what the switch does. Shorting the circuit to turn on the motherboard.

Ok.....meaning I can just leave the power supply on the floor or table as well?

And to start it, correct me if I'm wrong but all I gotta do is put a jumper on these 2 pins right?

nuh, no need a jumper, something metal like screw driver will do.....just simply use the head of the screw driver to touch the 2 pins will do....
its fun when i 1st did that...

yes and no....

yes use those 2 pins...but DO NOT use a jumper... what u need is to just TEMPORARILY touch them and it should turn on.....usually a quick contact between the 2 pins would be sufficient. once its on there should be NO contact between those 2 pins

Ok thanks for clearing that up because I read somewhere else that you gotta use a jumper. Lucky I double checked How about the other parts like hard drive and disk drive? I guess they can be just left on the table or something right?

This post has been edited by joe_star: May 24 2007, 04:48 PM

Yes but just be aware that dust can also conduct electricity so best to keep your components dust free

n remember to connect the 2 wire b4 u turn the power on not after

Yeah its just for testing only.....once I startup and make sure everything is running i'll fix everything in the case



Owh.....is that so? Meaning I touch the pins 1st and then turn on the psu switch huh?

not advisable to let ur pc naked for long period of time,

easier still and safest way....

since u have a case,,y not remove the switch from the case...plug it in and wala...can use just like normal

Yea was planning to do that as a last option if I'm too afraid to short it. Moreover it aint my pc.......die man if smth blows

doesnt cause any damage aa when running it outside the casing??

Not using a case for a PC have a lot of precautions to consider.

Here is an example of PC of not using a any STANDARD casing.



You guys can check it out at:

http://PC with no casing

This post has been edited by justin78: May 25 2007, 05:14 PM

I would suggest that u do a switch button to on/off ur computer. N u also can create another reset button...

my rig without casing =)

This post has been edited by eXtreme™: May 26 2007, 08:55 AM

wow great stuff u got there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg, looks so fragile.....
are u going to let it on like that permenantly?

i hope u dont have any kids playing around there......hehehe.....naked system is good if u like testing different kind of hardware.....easy to install and unplug it.....