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Jakobud:
Just to add to the good reviews, I have one of these things in my cabinet and its awesome.  Works perfect.  Both my tv and mobo power on after a power failure (i.e. kill the powerstrip via another switch) so it works like a charm. I recommend it to anyone here.

gnateye:
got my smart strip today! i was so excited i ran downstairs and installed it right away, turned on the computer and... nothing.

for some reason older computers dont have the right power flow to activate the switch, so i called the bitsltd customer service number right away and they were great! they have3 been finding out about this problem and have a newer version that works with all power usages, they are sending it out to me today for fre and giving me a rma number to return the old one, that is some good customer service, he even asked exactly what model i computer i have (an old beige mac) and said that they will test it on that computer before they ship it out. i am super impressed with their service, now im praying that the newer adjustable strip they send works perfectly for me, even if doesnt though, they get an A+ for service.

i will post again when the new one comes

eightbit:

--- Quote from: Impostor on August 01, 2003, 05:53:59 pm ---My BIOS does have the power-up after power failure feature.  Currently I have my cabinet, computer, and speakers plugged into a powerstrip.  I turn on/off the powerstrip to control everything.

But ideally, I'd like to have the power switch on top of my cabinet to control everything.  And it sounds like this SmartStrip is the answer.

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A lot of people have a hard time grasping how simple this concept is and how well it works. Turning off the power strip without exiting windows first is not a good practice to do.

With a newer pc (one with a atx power supply) and running a newer OS (confirmed to work in winXP) you can run wires from your power button to a arcade button. When you push the button it turns on the pc. The powerstrip sees the pc on and turns on your other devices. When you want to shut down you tap the arcade button again and windows will close your running applications and shut down Windows in a orderly fashion then shut off the pc and the power strip then shuts off everything else.

grafixmonkey:

--- Quote from: gnateye on August 19, 2003, 01:41:12 pm ---he even asked exactly what model i computer i have (an old beige mac)

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wow...  I think I played with some of those in middle school!

You know, if the computer isn't enough to turn the strip on by itself, you could try plugging something else into that port with a splitter, like your TV or monitor if you're using one.  Chances are neither one by itself would turn on the strip, but both together would.  (course if the only thing in your cab the strip turns on is the screen I guess that would be kinda silly)

gnateye:
they are perfect for mame for free 8) im gonan wait for the new one to come and see what happens, im determined to make it work 8)

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