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Finishing Touches: The Power Switch
JustMichael:
Have you guys tried pressing several keys at one time? I believe the keyboard turn on feature requires a certain minimum amount of current to be drawn before it will turn the computer on. It works with 2 or 3 keys pressed on my old Epox mobo.
dgodwin:
I have two switches to turn on my cabinet, one for the computer, and the original one for the cabinet and monitor.
To turn on my Computer, I have a pushbutton wired to the pwr jumper on the motherboard. I don't have the motherboard in a case, but rather mounted to the bottom of the cabinet itself. Since the computer is inside a cabinet, I didn't worry about the LED lights, or case speaker. It works great!
Daniel
COBeav:
I don't take any credit for this idea, but I used a 12V relay controlled by the PC's power supply via the hard drive power connector which turns on when the PC is on. This relay then switches on my 110V AC power strip which connects to the marquee light, monitor and speakers. This way when I press the power button (mounted on my control panel) the PC turns on followed by the light, monitor and speaker. When I shut down the PC these devices also automatically turn off. This setup gives me a simple "one button" solution.
Let me know if anybody needs any more detail on how to wire this up.
Thanks,
COBeav
genk:
i'm just wondering if you overlooked what i did with the KBPO feature. (probably not, you guys are smarter than me :D) but you have to first turn the computer on with the power button, and the computer has to have constant power. i'm not sure if this helps, but i had to read the manual to figure it out :-/
-paul
SteveJ34:
--- Quote ---I've been wrapping up a few finishing details, one of which is a single power switch for for all that is contained in the cab.
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Thanks to all that responded.
I gave up on KBPO feature and went with wiring an external switch to my case which is just mounted underneath my CP which has a top with hinge for easy access underneath. (This is also where I mounted speaker amp for volume control).
I acquired a 2 prong wire harness from an old case, spliced in some 22 gauge wire and ran this to a momentay push button switch from Radio Shack.
I replaced the p.s. in my case with a 300 watt POWMAX ATX p.s. (acquired from geekworld) which also has an external aux power connector (like what was so common on AT p.s.). To this I just plugged in a monitor power plug which has a regular plug on one end for plugging in the power switch.
I also completed mounting the marquee this weekend and now have single switch which fires up all that is in the cab.
The only item remaining for me is to complete the mounting for lexan which will cover the front....and then getting my kids to stop playing long enough for me to move the whole shebang into the house from the workshop.
Steve