quicky008
Technomancer
I have an old spec 01 cabinet( bought in 2017) which has worked well thus far. However of late the power button has become faulty and requires to be pressed really hard to switch on the system-sometimes the pc doesn't start even after pressing the power button with considerable force.
To confirm whether the power button was indeed malfunctioning or not,i connected the header for the FP reset button to my mobo and now the pc starts the moment the reset button is pressed-i dont have to long press the button or apply any force to it at all.
I wanted to physically examine the power button to see if there was anything that can be done to fix it-so i tried taking off the front panel fascia of the cabinet-but despite pulling it by the tab included at its bottom,the panel didn't budge and showed no signs of moving.I tried removing it quite a few times but with no success!
I came across some reditt posts where the same issue was reported-ie the front panel of spec 01 didn't come off easily unless a lot of force was applied!
I wonder should i go ahead and pull it with all my strength?Could that break or damage anything in the process? Or should i just get rid of this cabinet and buy a new one instead?
i like the asthetics and style of the spec01 case and so if i had to replace it,should i buy the spec 01 again? its pretty cheap too!
i dont quite like the newer cabinets that have glass side panels or no optical drive bays,as i still use an optical drive for taking occasional data backups.Also glass panels are rather fragile and hard to replace if anything goes wrong with them.Also they have slots for only 1-2 HDDs at most.
To confirm whether the power button was indeed malfunctioning or not,i connected the header for the FP reset button to my mobo and now the pc starts the moment the reset button is pressed-i dont have to long press the button or apply any force to it at all.
I wanted to physically examine the power button to see if there was anything that can be done to fix it-so i tried taking off the front panel fascia of the cabinet-but despite pulling it by the tab included at its bottom,the panel didn't budge and showed no signs of moving.I tried removing it quite a few times but with no success!
I came across some reditt posts where the same issue was reported-ie the front panel of spec 01 didn't come off easily unless a lot of force was applied!
I wonder should i go ahead and pull it with all my strength?Could that break or damage anything in the process? Or should i just get rid of this cabinet and buy a new one instead?
i like the asthetics and style of the spec01 case and so if i had to replace it,should i buy the spec 01 again? its pretty cheap too!
i dont quite like the newer cabinets that have glass side panels or no optical drive bays,as i still use an optical drive for taking occasional data backups.Also glass panels are rather fragile and hard to replace if anything goes wrong with them.Also they have slots for only 1-2 HDDs at most.