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TOK:
--- Quote from: Timstuff on May 30, 2008, 04:04:51 am ---That little instant power switch is a great idea. My cab that I picked up for free actually has a little hole right in the same spot, so I guess I'd be wise to consider rigging up something similar.
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It seems needlessly complex to me. :dunno
You can get a momentary button that fits in the same hole and wire it right to the power switch pins on the motherboard. Set your PC BIOS to shut down Windows when you touch it, and you have power on and power off with a button press. I did this on all 3 of my cabs without an issue.
Doctor Ugs:
reason for my switch not going straight to MOBO of PC is I want everthing to power on in one shot, Speakers,PC and monitor included.
TOK:
--- Quote from: Doctor Ugs on May 30, 2008, 01:44:52 pm ---reason for my switch not going straight to MOBO of PC is I want everthing to power on in one shot, Speakers,PC and monitor included.
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OK. I do that with either a Bits LTD Smart Strip, or a little triggered strip they sell at Sears. You plug the PC into the "trigger" outlet, and it turns on the other outlets when the PC powers up. Fed right through outlet power, so you don't need a wall wart to power the relay.
Doctor Ugs:
Yeah i had heard about the smart strip, but didn't come across one as I was shopping for parts.
So I opted for this option.
Timstuff:
I don't know of any stores that sell Smart Strips in my area, so I'm going to have to buy mine online. I'm definitely going to wire a button from the hole ontop of my cab to my PC's mobo though. I was originally planning to just open the coin door to hit my PC's power switch, but having a power button on the cab itself seems to make a heckuvalot more sense.
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