using a standard CP button for power switch?

[lettuce]

Can i use a standard CP button, for my PCs ON/Off switch, or will this not work with a CP micro switch, i cant remeber if a PC power supply switch stays pressed in when u push it or if drpresses itself??

[88mph]

Yes, you can use a regular arcade style button with a microswitch or a leaf switch to turn your PC on or off.  The 'new' ATX type power supplies use a momentary contact switch for on/off.  The old AT type power supplies used a non-momentary type switch (you push it and it stays connected until you push it again).  Unless you're using a really old power supply and mobo (like a 486!), you should be fine with a momentary switch.

Good luck,

88mph 

[lettuce]

Thanks for the reply, is it a good idea to have the PC PSU connected up to the switch that turns the arcade monitor on in my jamma cabinet, or will that not work due to it being a throw switch?

[Bill Mote]

I used a micro-switched arcade button for my PCs power switch.  I ran it out to the outside of the cabinet.  It's awesome.  With XP a single tap of the button initiates an orderly shutdown and if the system should hang you just hold the button down and it will kill the power.

dot

[Fat_Trucker]

Thanks for the reply, is it a good idea to have the PC PSU connected up to the switch that turns the arcade monitor on in my jamma cabinet, or will that not work due to it being a throw switch?

I use a smart power strip. I have the PC plugged into the 'hot' socket and have run the PC on switch to a leaf button above my CP. All the other things (Cab, Speakers etc) are plugged into the other sockets and come on about 10 seconds after the PC powers on (so you don't see post etc). The whole strip is mounted inside the cab with a single lead running out of the cab to the plug socket. Its an easy safe solution and you can power the whole thing up and down with a single press of the leaf switch.

[DaemonCollector]

How did you make it so it has such a long delay? Mine powers up almost instantly after PC powers on

[quadmasta]

Mine too

[Jollyrob]

My gigabyte mobo has a program that allows me to draw a small in size graphic to cover the post during start up, therefore, this board will be going in the cab so i can cover the post anyway....I know that's OT, but this made me think of it

[toyfiend2004]

huh?? 

[steptoe]

guys,

I have a 933dell computer which has like an IDE to the power on/off button which is like a PCB, i dont hink i can tap into the power to use a button, its like its hard wired after the switch, i could tap in before the swtich buts whats the point. Are dells a pain in the arse

[CJK]

My gigabyte mobo has a program that allows me to draw a small in size graphic to cover the post during start up, therefore, this board will be going in the cab so i can cover the post anyway....I know that's OT, but this made me think of it

What the heck are you TALKING about? 

-- Chris

[UndeadMeat]

I think what Jollyrob is talking about is that he can cover up the computers P.O.S.T. screen (Power On Self Test, where you see it checking the RAM, displaying that Energy Star logo and that one beep that tells you your computer hardware is working OK when you first press the power button) which I think is a pretty cool feature. I would like to get rid of all that stuff from the P.O.S.T. screen and IRQ display, but I'm too busy to mess around with it right now. Cool that the MoBo just has the feature built in.

UndeadMeat

[SteveJ34]

guys,

I have a 933dell computer which has like an IDE to the power on/off button which is like a PCB, i dont hink i can tap into the power to use a button, its like its hard wired after the switch, i could tap in before the swtich buts whats the point. Are dells a pain in the arse

This was covered recently by someone that had a similar Dell setup where there is a PCB that contains the front case switches and LEDs that in turn had a 20-30 pin connector cable to the motherboard.

2 of those leads are gonna be the power switch....of course, the trick is to figure out which two or solder leads to the PCB points of contact for the power switch....which you state you really don't want to do.

I recall that post including pics of the PCB and perhaps the motherboard.

What's the model number of the machine/motherboard?

....perhaps we can figure out the pinouts for that thing.

Steve

[lettuce]

My PC power button has 2 wires connected to it, a white and blue wire, so would i conect these wire up to a CP button as usually, i.e, GND & COM??