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Extending button from a power strip ...... what type of switch?
unclet:
Well my cabinet is a jukebox cabinet and the front and sides do not open at all. I would like to mount some switches to the top of the cabinet to control the various hardware components.
I read that instead of hacking the pushbutton wiring itself of your computer that you can keep the pushbutton as is, but simply insert a couple wires into the adapter plug which goes onto your motherboard. Basically, find the little adpater plug which is related to your computer's power pushbutton and when you push this adapter onto your motherboard just have a couple of other wires in there as well (one for each pin). Then you should be able to connect these two wires to a normal pushbutton switch and be able to turn off/on your computer using the new pushbutton as well as the old way by pushing your computer's power button.
I have no looked into this yet, but it seems easy. Problem I think I will have when it comes time to do this is that I "think" the computer's power button has 4 wires coming from it ........... Hmmmm ..... i should just open another pos on this one while i am thinking of it.
Geez .... I got a lot of posts this morning :P
DaOld Man:
http://skennys-arcade.blogspot.com/2007/05/switching-power.html
kelemvor:
How many outlets would be needed on a "Smart Surge" type product?
Not counting the one the PC plugs into...
Marquee
Monitor
Speakers
Misc Lights
What am I missing? I've seen some Smart Strips with 4 outlets, some with 10, etc.
unclet:
Again ... I do not want a smart surge type product since this will turn off everything when the computer goes off. Since my computer is not going to be turned off ever (or almost ever) then this will not work for me since I would still like a way to turn off the lights, monitors and receiver when I want to.
Just wondering what the best way to do this would be ........
Da Old Man
Thanks for the link .... I will read through it.
polaris:
you could just shutdown through the software, seems like a ball ache putting in a button youll use once a year.
EDIT sorry , this is a suggestion for the other thread on pc shutdown, doh.