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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: MPTech on August 18, 2010, 01:22:58 pm
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I'd like to relocate the PC power button from the PC Case and add a button to the back of the Cab.
Can I use a CP button, or is there a special mechanism / switch for this? (I believe it's a momentary switch, but don't know what that really means. (doesn't flip on/off like a light switch??))
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On most motherboards, you can set the BIOS to be "always on" when power is returned to the system. I will be going this route, and just powering on the entire cabinet from a switched power block.
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You want a momentary SPST (Single Pole, Single Throw) switch.
Momentary means that the switch will disengauge when you release it. A light switch is not momentary as it latches in posistion and stays on until you switch it off.
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A momentary switch is one that connects for a second (completes the circuit momentarily and does not stay in the locked position). A typical arcade button (microswitch) is a good example.
On my rig, I have a happ button on the top of my cabinet which is connected with extension wires to the power buttons pins on my motherboard. Simple setup and it works.
I also have one of these on my other cabinet:
(http://rsk.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pRS1C-2160405w345.jpg)
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062496 (http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062496)
But I think it's easier to make a hole for a CP button since you probably have that drill bit available. It's your call though.
Good luck!
D
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A CP button will work just fine.
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A CP button will work just fine.
+1 That's what I did on one machine. The other has something similar to the Radio Shack button DeLuSioNal29 posted.
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A CP button will work just fine.
Yup. Any pushbutton will do.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CXccc8RIW9I/R6do3AxriXI/AAAAAAAAAm0/LKrwvXUAZYQ/s400/Power+Button+5.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CXccc8RIW9I/R6dqWwxriYI/AAAAAAAAAm8/eswh2sAEaXw/s400/Power+Button+7.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CXccc8RIW9I/R6dqjwxriZI/AAAAAAAAAnE/vcEV83NyPMc/s400/Power+Button+9.JPG)
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On mine I just used a normal HAPP button and wired it to the pin header on the motherboard that was going to the power button.
(http://www.joeholman.net/bartop/22.jpg)
The left pair is for the LED on the power button and the right is for the power switch.
Here is the finished product:
(http://www.joeholman.net/bartop/28.jpg)
joe
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joe, that's what I had in mind! Thanks!
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joe, I REALLY like that button, where did you get it? (please)
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joe, I REALLY like that button, where did you get it? (please)
I made it based on the steps OND used to make his with a normal HAPP button and a super blue LED from GGG
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88912.msg971849#msg971849 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88912.msg971849#msg971849)
The only difference when I made mine with a table saw rather than a hack saw. It worked the same, I feel.
joe
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To make it cleaner, get a power switch button off ebay for five bucks shipped. That way your not soldering wires to your mb...then you connect that to a arcade button or some other button described herein