PC Power button?

[MPTech]

I'd like to relocate the PC power button from the PC Case and add a button to the back of the Cab.
Can I use a CP button, or is there a special mechanism / switch for this?  (I believe it's a momentary switch, but don't know what that really means. (doesn't flip on/off like a light switch??))

[Rick]

On most motherboards, you can set the BIOS to be "always on" when power is returned to the system.  I will be going this route, and just powering on the entire cabinet from a switched power block.

[Franco B]

You want a momentary SPST (Single Pole, Single Throw) switch.

Momentary means that the switch will disengauge when you release it. A light switch is not momentary as it latches in posistion and stays on until you switch it off.

[DeLuSioNal29]

A momentary switch is one that connects for a second (completes the circuit momentarily and does not stay in the locked position).  A typical arcade button (microswitch) is a good example.

On my rig, I have a happ button on the top of my cabinet which is connected with extension wires to the power buttons pins on my motherboard.  Simple setup and it works.

I also have one of these on my other cabinet:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062496

But I think it's easier to make a hole for a CP button since you probably have that drill bit available.  It's your call though.

Good luck!

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[BobA]

A CP button will work just fine.

[bkenobi]

A CP button will work just fine.

+1  That's what I did on one machine.  The other has something similar to the Radio Shack button DeLuSioNal29 posted.

[javeryh]

A CP button will work just fine.

Yup.  Any pushbutton will do.

[jholman76]

On mine I just used a normal HAPP button and wired it to the pin header on the motherboard that was going to the power button.



The left pair is for the LED on the power button and the right is for the power switch.

Here is the finished product:



joe

[MPTech]

joe, that's what I had in mind!  Thanks!

[MPTech]

joe, I REALLY like that button, where did you get it? (please)

[jholman76]

joe, I REALLY like that button, where did you get it? (please)

I made it based on the steps OND used to make his with a normal HAPP button and a super blue LED from GGG

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88912.msg971849#msg971849

The only difference when I made mine with a table saw rather than a hack saw. It worked the same, I feel.

joe

[bigster]

To make it cleaner, get a power switch button off ebay for five bucks shipped.  That way your not soldering wires to your mb...then you connect that to a arcade button or some other button described herein