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| Jess--:
beware of jamming the power good line... if the board tries to turn off the psu (shutdown computer) it can damage the board.... never seen it happen but it is possible. |
| lordtodd75:
Seems silly question time worked. ;D Thought i already nosed around the bios. Apparently my mobo has the ability to power on after power loss, as well as power on hitting any key. I am going to use the power on after power failure. My wiring is complete!!! Thanks again everyone. |
| RayB:
I'm using the power failure method too, but what I need to still look into is what happens if I go into Windows to do some "maintenance" and then I shutdown. Will the computer come on the next time I power up? I have a feeling I will still need a ATX power button wired up for those rare occasions. |
| lordtodd75:
Whether the machine was on or off when you lost power, When the machine is plugged back in, it will power up. You dont need to lose power while in windows for this feature to work. |
| wrench:
I'm not sure if I'm understanding what you want to do,but if you are trying to simplify your cabinets power up here's what I did.My cab powers everything (computer, monitor, speakers, lights) with one single button.I spliced into the computer power switch and extended it to a button on the outside of the cab.The computer power cord plugs into a device called a mini power minder http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6ee4/ the other outlet on the power minder has a surge strip with all my other power users pluged into it.One problem I had with the power minder(it senses voltage on the usb cable to turn on the secondary outlet) and my motherboard usb ports were powered all the time.It's basically just looking for a 5v trigger,so instead of pluging it into a usb port on the computer I cut that end off and just hooked the red and black wires to an extra molex connector from the computers power supply.I'm also using a seperate atx power supply for all the cab lights instead of the computers power supply.It's been hacked to stay on.Now when I hit the button the computer starts,the powerminder powers all the rest up and during shut down,after the computer shuts off the powerminder kills power to the rest.Works very well |
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