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Best way to turn on/off MAME cabinet
EMDB:
--- Quote from: Maarek Stele on September 18, 2013, 08:07:06 pm ---I was going to ask the very same question. I wonder how long it will take before shutting down like that corrupts windows???
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I never said I use the power switch to shut down the PC. On exit of my frontEnd (Hyperspin) the PC shuts down. Only after that is finished I use the power switch to switch off the whole cab. But that is not different with a smart powerstrip...
Maarek Stele:
--- Quote from: EMDB on September 19, 2013, 02:10:53 am ---
--- Quote from: Maarek Stele on September 18, 2013, 08:07:06 pm ---I was going to ask the very same question. I wonder how long it will take before shutting down like that corrupts windows???
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I never said I use the power switch to shut down the PC. On exit of my frontEnd (Hyperspin) the PC shuts down. Only after that is finished I use the power switch to switch off the whole cab. But that is not different with a smart powerstrip...
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My understanding is that with a "Smart power strip" it would be different. Shutting down the PC in that case would then turn off the cabinet and you would not use the power switch to turn it off. So in your case if you used a smart strip with the PC plugged into the control slot then exiting your frontEnd (Hyperspin) would power off the whole cabinet as soon as the PC shut down all the way.
EMDB:
--- Quote from: Maarek Stele on September 19, 2013, 09:38:17 am ---
--- Quote from: EMDB on September 19, 2013, 02:10:53 am ---
--- Quote from: Maarek Stele on September 18, 2013, 08:07:06 pm ---I was going to ask the very same question. I wonder how long it will take before shutting down like that corrupts windows???
--- End quote ---
I never said I use the power switch to shut down the PC. On exit of my frontEnd (Hyperspin) the PC shuts down. Only after that is finished I use the power switch to switch off the whole cab. But that is not different with a smart powerstrip...
--- End quote ---
My understanding is that with a "Smart power strip" it would be different. Shutting down the PC in that case would then turn off the cabinet and you would not use the power switch to turn it off. So in your case if you used a smart strip with the PC plugged into the control slot then exiting your frontEnd (Hyperspin) would power off the whole cabinet as soon as the PC shut down all the way.
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I do understand how a setup with a smart powerstrip works. I just wanted to share my solution. I think my solution is more authentic though and that's what we (at least I) are trying to do achieve...
JDFan:
@EMDB -- so what setting do you use in windows for the system to boot back up when you turn the switch on ?? -- Ie do you have another momentary button that you press to start the system after turning the switch on ? IIRC turning on the switch if windows was shut down before the power was turned off would not make the system boot up but just stay off until you press a momentary switch to start the boot process. (ie. do you have to set windows to restart instead of shut down when powered down and then turn the switch off in between the time it shuts down and restarts ? )
DaOld Man:
JDFan, I think the setting is in your PC's BIOS, not in windows.
While PC is booting (before Windows logo appears), hit F2 or DEL key. (Some PCs use a different key, maybe F10, but F2 or DEL is the most common.)
This will take you into a simple menu. This is BIOS.
Search in there until you find power down options.
If it's not there, then you cant use this option.
I use my front end (Mala) to shut down the machine when it exits. This insures windows shuts down properly.
I use a button wired to my PC pwr on button to turn the PC on.