How do I manually turn on my motherboard any system by hand?

[wallabing]

Literally...

Do I take a paperclip and quickly short the 2 pins on the motherboard that power up the system. Will it work?

 

[Mr47]

well, yes you can do it, but why the hell do you want to do that?!?!

 

[dazzer9535]

Aaaah are your on about resetting the CMOS? you could short the two solder pins but I prefer leaving the CMOS battery out for 5mins as that does do the same job.

 

[chas0039]

I do it all the time with an old 865 I use to test things out. Use a jumper instead of a paper clip (safer); you just need to touch briefly and remove. If you are doing it a lot I am sure Radio Shack will have a switch tht will close the contact only while pressed.