On 12/13/2019 6:11 PM, Paul wrote:
You can get a "no beep" condition, by using a
reset button crushed in the ON position. Usually
OEM computer cases are the ones with sufficiently
cheesy buttons on the front of the computer, to
make incidents like this possible. I have one
computer here, where the buttons are such,
I know that some day that's how those buttons
will fail. The buttons speak of cheapness.

Anything mechanical is always suspect. I've been using a couple of
identical Antec cases, not normally noted for being cheap, for computers
now residing in the basement "computer room". Not too long after purchase
(but outside any hope of warranty) the power switch failed on one of them
and drove me crazy for a while. Rather than give up I swapped the
connections between "power" and "reset" on the MB and it has worked fine
for years now. Only real problem is that I can almost never remember which
of the cases has the swapped switches. If I had any sense I'd apply some
masking tape over the dead switch to remind me...