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trying to wire an arcade button to the power button on my pc
Donkbaca:
Congrats!
+1 for Hulk Hogan-ing anything!
katuuuz:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on December 18, 2010, 01:28:56 am ---Congrats!
+1 for Hulk Hogan-ing anything!
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Thanks brotherrr
Hituro:
wow... you guys are making this out to be more complicated than it has to be.. with multimeters and all this soldering and stuff. It's simple. I did it to my cabinet :P
That wire connector someone posted a pick of. That connects to the motherboard. And the two wires then connect to the PC button. What I did was took an old computer case, pulled the front out. And pulled the button out. I then took the wires, cut them from the actual button, and rewired them to a happ button switch. Simple as connecting the ground and then then connecting the other wire to the prong that is triggered by the button press. Once that's done and you plug the computer in. Press the button and the thing should kick on :P It's just a button. It's just connecting it to a different button :p All the button does is bridge the connection. Heck if you just soldered the two wires together you wouldn't need a button. When you plug it in the wall it'll turn on automatically. But I like having a button :P
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Hituro on December 18, 2010, 08:47:24 am ---wow... you guys are making this out to be more complicated than it has to be.. with multimeters and all this soldering and stuff. It's simple.
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Normally it is. But there was no single wire pair going to a button in this case. It was a ribbon cable with other functions on it as well. The actual board on the other end where the switch is located was also buried under the plastics. Did you read the thread?
katuuuz:
+1 Randy
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