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shutting down my cab
« on: August 02, 2004, 04:28:18 am »
hi there, ive just been searching the forums looking for a way to shut down the cab/system without using a keyboard or mouse... is this possible?

basically ive built the cabinet (hope to get thepics up soon) using an atx pc, ipac2 contoller, 2 joysticks + buttons ect..

I know its easy to power up using a button connected to the motherboards power switch, but was wondering if theres a similar way to shut the system down using a button rather than using the keyboard/mouse/windows ect?

The software im using is win98,mame8.4 & game launcher for the frontend.

any ideas?

many thanks for any suggestions!
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Re:shutting down my cab
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2004, 05:00:49 am »
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Re:shutting down my cab
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2004, 06:08:15 am »
and if its not i use a macro to great effect. i have mine so that pressing the fire button and player two button closes mame first (saves playcount etc then) and then shuts down. mine is win98 and it works fine
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Re:shutting down my cab
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2004, 09:14:58 am »
look in your bios... some have the option to shut down w/ power button (same as the way you boot up) and it will properly shut down the pc.
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Re:shutting down my cab
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2004, 09:18:44 am »
Quote from: Pilot143 on August 02, 2004, 09:14:58 am
look in your bios... some have the option to shut down w/ power button (same as the way you boot up) and it will properly shut down the pc.
And for Windows, check Control Panel / Power / Advanced.
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