I rarely if ever need to power down my PowerEdge 2600 server.   An occasional reboot, but rarely is the machine powered off.

 

Anyway this weekend we replaced some circuit brakers in our office and all the electricty was off for about an hour.  I went to power on the server back on and while the button was illuminated (receiving power) it wouldn't turn on regardless of how much I pressed the power button.  Eventually I figured that it had to be a failure with the button and took the front panel off and sure enough the cheap plastic part that makes contact was practically worn, despite it's total lack of use.

 

So I got the machine back up an running but how do I 'fix' this as the next time I need to use the power button the same problem will occur.

 

Much thanks,

Glenn