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Haunted cabinet still turns on by itself. Whatever.

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RayB:

Is there a microphone attached?!?!


Dervacumen:

No microphone.  The mobo is an ASUS p3v4x.
So far the machine has not turned on by itself since I unplugged the power connector from the mobo header.  We'll see what happens today.


Bill Mote:

When I was younger we had a TV that would turn on and off by itself.  We called a repair guy who could find nothing.  We finally had it replaced under warranty, but it still would seemingly randomly turn on and off.  Then it happened.  2 quick consecutive events while my dad was looking outside.  The neighbors garage door opener was the culprit!  My dad talked him into changing his frequency and everything was fine.

On another note; you'd be shocked and just how "dirty" the power coming into your house is.  It's in a constant state of fluctuation.  Putting a cheap, small UPS with "brown out protection" or "line filtering" will extend the life of your equipment.  While you're picking one up for your cabinet don't forget the expensive HDTV you have sitting in your living room ;)

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lloydcom:

Hate to be a party pooper, but can you not just unplug it from the wall or wire it up to a wall switch?

I'm in the UK and over here the volts are 240, I always switch off from the wall for all my gear in the cab (most are PSUs) to save energy, also it stops the nagging in my head that the house will catch fire.

Is the power socket in a way that the above would not apply, besides you can feign tripping when the wife isn't looking and plug it in for a quick session..... ;D

If not, can you ask that ghost to come over here and live in my cab?  I need all the excuses I can have for a dig dug session. ;D

Bill Mote:

I built the cab for my kids <wink> <wink> and the Mrs. digs it.  She's actually a Centipede buff so she doesn't mind me playing it at all.

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