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danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: Peale on June 01, 2004, 08:08:08 pm ---It might be the motherboard.  I'll try a couple more and see what the result is.

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could be. Also, when I started drawing a circuit with a capacitor it became obvious it wouldn

wj2k3:

How about a double pole toggle switch such as:

OFF-ON-(ON)
OFF-OFF-(ON)

The top pole can activate a relay that powers up the power supply to everything.
The bottom pole can be your momentary on switch for your computer.

NKKswitches.com makes a SP3T-A27 switch that can do this.
Its a A-series 'washable subminiature' toggle switch.

-wj2k3

krick:

Ugh.  I like a challenge as much as the next guy but I'm starting to think that I might just bite the bullet and...

1) get a SmartStrip
2) replace the toggle switch on my cab with a N.O. pushbutton.

- press the button, it turns on the computer and triggers the rest of the cab to power on

- press the button again, windows shuts down, the computer shuts off and triggers the rest of the cab to power off.

Now if I could only find a really cool looking industrial metal button that will easily swap with my factory cab toggle switch.


danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: wj2k3 on June 02, 2004, 05:11:27 pm ---How about a double pole toggle switch such as:

OFF-ON-(ON)
OFF-OFF-(ON)

The top pole can activate a relay that powers up the power supply to everything.
The bottom pole can be your momentary on switch for your computer.


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this will work. for me im just glad that the relay alone does the trick on my cab because i dont like toggles! i used to be an auto-electrician and i have too many bad memories of wrecking otherwise nice looking dashboards by being asked to install toggles in them! (shudder)
as it is i have a minuture on-on toggle hidden away for the rotating monitor but if i could make the operating system do that id get rid of it...

danny_galaga:

peale,
did you do anything more with this?

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