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Nailz:

I am building a bartop cabinet and was getting ready to load my OS on my new PC, and just realized that I bought all of my new equipment but didn't buy a case as I am mounting everything directly into the cab.  

My question is, how do I get this thing started without the power on button?  Do they just sell the on/off wiring and connectors that plug into the mobo, or am I going to have to rig something up?  I am assuming I just need to find a way to close the circuit between those 2 tiny little pins on the mobo, just not sure how to go about doing that.

A link or helpful suggestion would be great, thanks.  The mobo is an ECS K7VTA3.

Thanks,

Marty

Lance:

The mobo will have a jumper for the 'soft power button'  you just need to hook up a momentary switch to that jumper and press it to startup the system.

APFelon:

...or you could go the CMOS route... install an AC on/off switch on the game cab, and set the CMOS to boot the machine after a power failure.

APf
 

TalkingOctopus:


--- Quote from: Lance on March 06, 2004, 04:21:13 pm ---The mobo will have a jumper for the 'soft power button'  you just need to hook up a momentary switch to that jumper and press it to startup the system.

--- End quote ---

I just wanted to add that a normal arcade pushbutton is a momentary switch button and that is how I turn on my computer.

jimmyjet:

I would love to know more about this CMOS stuff.  Could someone give the step by step info to implement this?  Thanks.
jimmyjet


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