Main > Main Forum
How to solve Power On/Off Problem?
<< < (2/3) > >>
Minwah:
I had of course forgot to mention how to turn the power on in my previous comment :)  My m/board allows the PC to be turned on by pressing space (P1 button 3).  If you can't do this then a separate push switch is required.

The relay thing above sounds like the best solution to me, I'm going to have a go I think :)
Zipper:
I use hot keyboard to 'force' shut down my PC with a single keypress.
I've mapped that to a shifted key on my i-pac.

http://www.hot-keyboard.com

I think i got the link from this board originally.
Don't know if it helps your problem.
GameAddict:
Thanks to all of you! I think i will either use the solution with the relay, or, since  I use Win98 I'll just put a Shortcut to the desktop. Because I will not only run Mame but also the U64 Emu for Killer Instinct (cause I have an KI Cabinet) I cannot put it into a frontend...
Or maybe, if i can get a motherboard with the possibility to shut down the PC via space bar, i will use it. Seems to be the solution with less work..
Mameham:

--- Quote ---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.
--- End quote ---


Fragment squagment... that's why I use DOS... no temp files... Windows is such a sloppy messy ---smurfette---. :)
Radeyes:

--- Quote ---Any good front-end gives you the option to shut down your pc upon exit.
--- End quote ---
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page

Go to full version