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Turning on laptop without opening cabinet
comatsu:
I acquired a cabinet with a failing neo-geo pcb. I have removed that and will be connecting a laptop though a j-pac. So far everything is working fine, however once all the remaining problems are solved, I was planning to have the laptop in the closed cabinet. Any ideas as to what sort of setup I can rig to be able to turn on the laptop inside the cabinet without having to open it each time?
If its any help laptop is:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=321850&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=321850&objectID=c00348514
knave:
Set your power default to sleep and the buttons can wake it up.
comatsu:
knave while thats a great idea, the cabinet will be disconnected from the mains for days at a time, and the laptop battery is pretty much dead. Im afraid I will still need to open cabinet to switch on laptop every time I turn it on for the first time.
Vigo:
If you are good enough with electronics, you can open the laptop case, solder wires on to the leads of the built in power button and close up the case again with the wires hanging out. Then you can attach the wires to an arcade button and mount it on the outside of the cabinet.
comatsu:
Been testing stuff out, and it seems the laptop wont even come out of sleep. Guess thats definitely out of the question then.
Vigo - Im an absolute beginner when it comes to soldering electronics etc. any resources which might help me figure out how to do that?