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| GameAddict:
Hi, this is my first post here, first thing i have to say is sorry for my english ;D I am currently building a Mame Arcade Machine into an Killer Instinct Cabinet. I choosed to use a TV, an I-PAC Interface and, of course, a PC... The thing i'm thinking about for a time now is how to power on/off everything with on switch. How did you solve this problem? I mean normally you have to shut down the PC from Windows. I hope you could understand what i'm looking for ;) Thanks a lot! |
| Mameham:
That's probably the A #1 reason why I chose to go with an actual PC monitor over TV... powerstrip... just turn the whole thing off... Just open up the power strip, replace the cheap plastic switch with a 110v rated toggle switch from Radio Shack attached to a piece of lamp cord, attach the switch to the cabinet... presto! Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're always told to never shut down a PC "hot"... but I've never really had a problem with it... and since you're running windows, if you go to http://www.annoyances.org you can learn how to disable the Scandisk that comes up every time you "improperly" exit windows... The only problem is the TV... see, mine needed you to manually switch from "antenna mode" to "video input mode" every time it lost power... which is quite annoying for a closed cabinet... that's why I dumped it... if you have the same problem... I can't help you. :( |
| Minwah:
How about using a frontend which can power your PC down? (mine does it: mamewah.mameworld.net). It just means you'll have to use a switch to turn the main power to the PC/monitor/marquee etc on/off as Mameham has done :) |
| Howard_Casto:
Any good front-end gives you the option to shut down your pc upon exit. If your running 98 you can even make a shotrcut to shut down the pc and add it to your gamelist. It's no big deal really. Btw a forced shutdown is bad for a pc because it clutters your harddrive with temp files and tends to fragment the disk of long periods. |
| SteveJ:
--- Quote --- ...... The thing i'm thinking about for a time now is how to power on/off everything with on switch. How did you solve this problem? I mean normally you have to shut down the PC from Windows. I hope you could understand what i'm looking for ;) Thanks a lot! --- End quote --- Here's a link that might be helpful. This was a topic of discussion recently. http://home.bendcable.com/werstlein/ This takes the approach of wiring a pushbutton switch to the computer. Then, as the computer is powered on, it fires a relay which will in turn powerup a power strip. This is the route that I took. I didn't do a full power outlet, I just wired the relay directly into my power strip in place of its power button. There are several other threads within this forum on this topic. You can search for words like "Power Switch" and " Power Relay" to find them. Best of luck! Steve |
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