Question A most likely very basic question about benchtesting

[Marco Lahb]

Hey there!

I'm preparing to build my first PC myself, and i wish to do a bench test before assembly.

I've gone through a number of guides or videos and articles that mention bench testing, but none of them actually mentioned this one thing:

After i'm done and the post was okay, none of the components seems to be faulty to the point the system just won't post...how do i power the system down?
I mean, pulling the plug or flipping the switch on the PSU is just generally a bad idea, so i can't imagine that being the answer here. You don't have an OS yet, you only reach the BIOS after posting.

So what is the correct method of powering the still-out-of-the-case system down? (Aside from going all-out on the test and actually installing the OS while it's still out of the case.)

Thanks for any answers!

Cheers

 

[USAFRet]

Switch on the PSU won't hurt anything.

The reason you don't do that after everything is installed is that it doesn't give the OS a chance to do its cleanup, and may leave it in a corrupted state.

 

[Marco Lahb]

Oh, so it won't actually mess up the BIOS if power suddenly cuts? One can never stop learning, i guess.

Thanks for clearing that up!