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| BobA:
Speakers do not use much power if they are not making sound. The power draw of the amp is minimal if quiet. Use your PC to control all the other bits. |
| Woodshop Flunky:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on July 18, 2011, 02:46:04 pm ---Why do you want to keep your PC on? --- End quote --- Because I'm a doofus and don't know any better? :) What I would like, but am not sure how to do it is... have everything "safely" shut down (or just go black) with a single button push. So, I've looked into it a little more and wonder... If my PC is in the control outlet of the smart strip, and I put my PC in sleep mode, will that turn off the switchable outlets, and if my PC comes out of sleep mode will that turn on the switchable outlets? :dunno I think that would be the smoothest way to turn all the lights out... if it works. I'll test it I guess. |
| Donkbaca:
How old is your PC? Most newer-ish PCs have power management options that let you power down with a single button. My P4 supports this. in XP, go to Control Panel, Power Management, and in one of the tabs it asks you what you want the computer to do when you push the power button, one of the is shutdown. So, yeah, PC power switch hacked and hooked up standard arcade button on the top-rear of the cab. press that button, everything turns on, push that button, windows shuts down safely, everything turns off. |
| Woodshop Flunky:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on July 18, 2011, 04:41:30 pm ---How old is your PC? Most newer-ish PCs have power management options that let you power down with a single button. My P4 supports this. in XP, go to Control Panel, Power Management, and in one of the tabs it asks you what you want the computer to do when you push the power button, one of the is shutdown. So, yeah, PC power switch hacked and hooked up standard arcade button on the top-rear of the cab. press that button, everything turns on, push that button, windows shuts down safely, everything turns off. --- End quote --- If that will trip the smart strip, then I think I'll end up with that option... sounds the best to me. |
| Donkbaca:
That's how my setup is rigged. |
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