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| squire:
ok im in a bit of a pickle here. im building a mam cab for my unlce and his family.so im trying to make it as user friendly as possiable. im always around my cab so if any screws up i can fix it..,but he not to much of a computer wiz so any promblems would be trouble..so if you dont mind i would like to ask a question that im really worried about.. i want it to make it as easy as possiable to power on and off the game, i got the power on part done,but its the powering of that scares me.he could just flip the switch to turn it "ALL OFF",but im worried that would damage windows the drivers for i-pac and etc... is there a safe alternative for this?that my only concern.to make it safe for the os? im just dreading that call my controls arnt working....lol thanks so so much for any help in advance... squire |
| Ghoward:
Run the PC on a permanently on 110v and then run the rest of power outlets going though a 12v relay switch. That way when you power on the PC via the PC power button the whole system comes on and the same at shutdown Power always on >>>>>>PC>>>>>>>>12v line to relay Switched outlets turns on via relay>>>>>>monitor fans etc..... Gary |
| squire:
got it thanks..but im worried about how to shut it down safely..i.e windows..how would i go about doing that? |
| Animeka:
--- Quote from: squire on July 29, 2006, 12:43:23 pm ---got it thanks..but im worried about how to shut it down safely..i.e windows..how would i go about doing that? --- End quote --- A UPS with an auto shutdown software if power is cut... Or a simple button to click on the panel to trigger a windows shutdown... Marc |
| Ghoward:
--- Quote from: squire on July 29, 2006, 12:43:23 pm ---got it thanks..but im worried about how to shut it down safely..i.e windows..how would i go about doing that? --- End quote --- All you do is shutdown the pc as normal as soon as the pc goes off the 12v is cut to the relay as its all off. Another thing you can do is tap into the power on button wire on your pc and run wires out of the pc up to a startard arcade button. If you have this all you have to do is press the button once to turn on and again to start the pc shutting down. Gary |
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