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| 2PacMan:
I'm going to do this, just wondering if anyone else tried this.... I've seen lots of talk about re-wiring power buttons to your computer and stuff, seems like alot of work if you're not electronically gifted like me. I have some extra leaf buttons laying around. So i thought i'd just push the computer tower all the way to the front of the inside of the cab, drill a hole in the lower front of the cab and stick a leaf button in there w/o the leaf switch behind it. That way the leaf button will puch the power on button on the front of the computer tower inside the arcade cab. Seems like it'll work in theory, and the button is still pretty discrete being way down at the bottom, and i can just turn it on with my toes when i'm lazy. I'm gonna try it out. |
| Goz:
--- Quote from: 2PacMan on June 10, 2005, 11:43:27 am ---I'm going to do this, just wondering if anyone else tried this.... I've seen lots of talk about re-wiring power buttons to your computer and stuff, seems like alot of work if you're not electronically gifted like me. I have some extra leaf buttons laying around. So i thought i'd just push the computer tower all the way to the front of the inside of the cab, drill a hole in the lower front of the cab and stick a leaf button in there w/o the leaf switch behind it. That way the leaf button will puch the power on button on the front of the computer tower inside the arcade cab. Seems like it'll work in theory, and the button is still pretty discrete being way down at the bottom, and i can just turn it on with my toes when i'm lazy. I'm gonna try it out. --- End quote --- Sounds as simplistic as drilling a hole and pushing the button with a stick. The other way may seem daunting to you (electrical skills) and if it is; you might want to consider a different hobby / project. I'm not trying to be a jerk; but in your journey down this road you will splice wires and work with switches and possibly high voltage. -Goz |
| markb:
You cannot get ANY easier than re-wiring your power button. Most mobos have a 2 pin connector for power on/off, simply run a a couple of wires from the jumper on the mobo to a microswitch and away you go. |
| Stingray:
--- Quote from: Gozur on June 10, 2005, 01:19:45 pm ---The other way may seem daunting to you (electrical skills) and if it is; you might want to consider a different hobby / project. I'm not trying to be a jerk; but in your journey down this road you will splice wires and work with switches and possibly high voltage. --- End quote --- Gonna have to back up Gozur here. Re-wiring a button is about as easy as it gets, if you can't do that you may just want to buy yourself an X-Arcade & call it good enough. -S |
| AlanS17:
That solution may work in this case, but sooner or later you'll have to run leads. Plus re-wiring a button is probably easier than lining up the hole, drilling it, making sure the PC is in position, making sure it can't come out of position. Wow... now THAT sounds like a lot of work. |
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