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krick:


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on/off with a single toggle switch.


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Does it *have* to be a toggle switch?  I have a momentary pushbutton in the same spot as the original switch on my cabinet.  I push it once it powers up the PC and the sears power strip turns on the marquee light, audio amp, and monitor...

I hold down the button for a few seconds and it forces windows to shutdown and powers off everything else... no fuss no muss...


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You're not shutting down windows by holding down the power button for a few seconds.  By holding the button down (usually for 4 seconds) you're just killing power to the motherboard.   You've been fortunate that windows hasn't been trashed.  You must be running Win2K or WinXP.  They're both a little more resiliant to this sort of thing.  Windows 98 will usually scream bloody murder if you do that.

But regardless, I was just stating what my _ideal_ situation would be.  Obviously it would take a lot more effort, time, and money than I'm willing to commit to make it happen.  I'm probably going to end up using a bit-strip power strip or one of the functionally identical home-made solutions that uses a relay.


SirPeale:

The good news is I'm not running Windows.  Sounds drivers willing, I never will.

krick:

Anybody know a source for a NC relay like the one that danny_galaga used except compatible with US household voltage?

I'm thinking about giving his method a try.

Ken Layton:

Try Radio Shaft # 275-217 (around $8.00) relay. It has both normally closed and normally open contacts.

danny_galaga:

sorry, forgot to mention that many relays have both normally closed AND normally open contacts. just get the cheapest one that has both from an electronics store (radio shack in the us?). and where ever you buy it from, the most common available will be the local mains voltage so in the us it should be 110v.
 as  i mentioned earlier, this works because a relay isnt as fast as youd think so when you turn the power on the contacts are still closed for a millisecond or so. enough to activate the soft-on

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