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Where should I put the power button on my cab?
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gamecreature:
That's the way I have mine set up. It boots directly to the FE (MaLa) and when I quit the FE it shuts the whole thing down.
Kangum:

my coctail button is a standard black arcade button mounted on the underside floor near the player 1 side. there is a 2 inch gap from the side to the floor. so plenty of room just just reach under that side with your hand to push it but not enough to fit your foot under and kick it. this solution seems perfect for me. no way to accidently hit it.

its set up in the bios as a soft off. meaning pushing it once turns it on. pushing it and holding it for 4 seconds will shut it off (properly). it logs out of windows and stuff automagically.

the reason cutting power before your machine has a chance to shut down is bad because much older versions of windows did not allow the arm in your hard drive to return to the rest position. so if you tried to move your machine the arm would bounce up and down on the platter.    :-\

this should not be a problem with newer version of windows. also the soft off option will log out your machine for you automagically if set up properly. So thats the best way to go.


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i also saw you had a towel under to protect the floor. what i did was put 4 of thos leg levelers on my machine. Then i got these soft felt stickers from home depot that you stick to the bottom of the feet. it works a treat. not only is the floor protected and the machine level it scoots around the floor like its on ice. great when you need to pull it out to open it up.

loadman:

--- Quote ---my coctail button is a standard black arcade button mounted on the underside floor near the player 1 side. there is a 2 inch gap from the side to the floor. so plenty of room just just reach under that side with your hand to push it but not enough to fit your foot under and kick it. this solution seems perfect for me. no way to accidently hit it.
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miles2912:
Just inside the control panel.  It is basically an extended on-off button from the Power strip. The PC's BIOS has wake on power turned on so it works out great.




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zenmasterbooty:
This is how we did it...
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