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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.

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Fat_Trucker:

--- Quote ---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?
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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.
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