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NightGod:

Or go into the BIOS on the PC and the Power Options section in Control Panel, go into Advanced and set "When I press the power button my computer:" Shut Down then just use a switch wired to the PC to turn the cab off and on (this assumes you are then running your monitor, speaker and lights off of a Smart Switch.

Sonicus:


--- Quote from: NightGod on July 29, 2006, 01:12:59 pm ---Or go into the BIOS on the PC and the Power Options section in Control Panel, go into Advanced and set "When I press the power button my computer:" Shut Down then just use a switch wired to the PC to turn the cab off and on (this assumes you are then running your monitor, speaker and lights off of a Smart Switch.

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You don't have to go into the BIOS as these settings are in Windows. I assume you meant Windows anyway since you used terms like Control Panel.

gamecreature:

My system boots to the directly FE (I'm using MaLa). When I exit the FE, it shuts down the PC. I'm sure most FE's have that feature.

Ghoward:

I have never gone into the Bios myself it just works on the pc's that I have setup.

Gary

NightGod:


--- Quote from: Sonicus on July 29, 2006, 01:23:16 pm ---You don't have to go into the BIOS as these settings are in Windows. I assume you meant Windows anyway since you used terms like Control Panel.
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Actually I meant both, because I know alot of MAME user use old machines and there is the chance his might not be ASPCI 2.0 compliant, in which case he would need to make the changes in the BIOS instead of Windows.

Plus I tend to change my BIOS because I hate that "hold the power button in for five seconds to force a power-off" that is the factory default.

Basically just wanted to make it clear that there are options in both places that can affect the behavior he's looking to achieve.

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