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paigeoliver:
Yes, I said data of importance. I am willing to take the teeny tiny chance that my Bump n Jump high score doesn't get saved if I try to turn the machine off simultaneous with exiting the game.


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--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 01, 2008, 04:09:05 am ---A mame cab should never be in a situation where it is writing anything of import to disk, thus they are usually pretty safe just to flip the switch on.

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The problem would be if MAME has written something (config, high scores) to the disk cache but it hasn't been written through to the actual disk yet.  Then you cut the power and the data is lost.  A normal shutdown would flush those caches.





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protokatie:
As a side question: How long does windowsNT/XP/etc wait to clear the write buffer/write to actual disk when no new writes are made? On my old 3.1 system the default was 5 seconds(could be altered). I would imagine that a similar time limit for the write buffer is still in place, so waiting say 10 seconds after exiting a game before pulling the plug might be perfectly safe.
thatitalian:
Woooh!

Thanks for all the replies!

Zobeid, do you have a link to the ebay sale???


If not, I quite like the idea of flicking the power switch and everything  comes on.

Does anyone know if the Dell GX270 supports this Power On after power loss feature as I can't seem to find it?
whammoed:

--- Quote from: thatitalian on May 02, 2008, 06:35:24 am ---Woooh!

Thanks for all the replies!

Zobeid, do you have a link to the ebay sale???


If not, I quite like the idea of flicking the power switch and everything  comes on.

Does anyone know if the Dell GX270 supports this Power On after power loss feature as I can't seem to find it?

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Yes it does.  Look under Power Management, there should be AC Power Recovery Options...set to On — The computer starts when AC power is restored.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx270/en/ug/advfeat.htm#1128164
The_Tyler_Black:
Notice the search option at the top, works like a charm. But ill help you out anyway...

This is the graphic for the (cntrl brd) that comes out of the motherboard!

The two circled are the power!!
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