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Powering on your cab without hitting the power button: the cap trick
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 16, 2006, 04:19:10 pm ---
Depends on the button.
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Now that you mention it, I do remember owning a tv that had a power button that was spring loaded, and delivered a "click" input. Kind of like a Propane grill starter. I am guessing this is what you meant. Holding the button did nothing after the click.
ChadTower:
That's a two position button.
Most TVs now are momentary contact but not all of them are.
davieboynj:
holy poo!
would this work on an X-Box?
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: shardian on October 16, 2006, 03:24:55 pm ---As a side note, wouldn't you need to set up your computer to only go to the shut down screen and not power all the way off with the cap trick? It seems it would turn right back on if this were not so.
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This setup is meant for you to flip a main power switch, not shut a computer down via Windows.
shardian:
--- Quote from: Peale on October 16, 2006, 07:27:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on October 16, 2006, 03:24:55 pm ---As a side note, wouldn't you need to set up your computer to only go to the shut down screen and not power all the way off with the cap trick? It seems it would turn right back on if this were not so.
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This setup is meant for you to flip a main power switch, not shut a computer down via Windows.
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So I guess you are shutting your computer down hot then (as in just pulling the plug with the computer in full operation)
If you actually shut windows down, the computer will power down. In this case, will the capacitor discharge, and then restrike, or will the computer stay shut down until the power is killed via power strip and then turned back on? If the computer restarts due to the capactitor before you could kill the power, then you would have to set up the computer to not kill power to the MOBO on windows shut down. I had a windows 2000 machine that went to a black screen that said "you may now turn off the computer" when you powered down windows.