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mytymaus007:
I did search on this topic and found many opionions, this is the reason why i felt to start a new up to date topic on turning on/off a cab. At this point im confused. What im looking for is to turn on and off my cab with a flip of a switch. Im using Hyperspin for front end. So when it boots up i would like to see Hyperspin intro video and nothing before that "no bios or windows start up screen. When it turns off what ever the best way for the PC without harming it. Ive read you can exit out of hyperspin and it turn off everything but it seems like it wouuld be better to flip a switch at anypoint inbetween games. Also what would be needed hardware wise

Donkbaca:
Get one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Strip-Protector-Autoswitching-Technology/dp/B0006PUDQK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309555313&sr=8-1

plug pc into the blue one, everything else in the non-red ones.  Hack your PC power button and connect it to a arcade button.  Mount button to the back/ top of your cab.  That takes care of the hardware.

Go into windows, go to control power, power management, set your power button so that it shuts down windows when it turns off.

get instant sheller.  Do a search for it.

Not sure if you can hide the bios screen, you 'll have to check your bios options for that, but you can hide the windows boot screen as long as you aren't using windows xp.

Do this right and here is what happens:  You press the button, you bios flashes on screen for a minute, then the screen boots to your FE without you seeing windows at all.    When you want to turn the cab off, you simply press that same button, it safely shuts down your pc and turns everything off.

Scott84:
But what turns on the rest of the stuff plugged into the power strip. Monitor? Speakers? Marquee light?

Vigo:

--- Quote from: Scott84 on July 01, 2011, 05:33:38 pm ---But what turns on the rest of the stuff plugged into the power strip. Monitor? Speakers? Marquee light?



--- End quote ---

Smart strips are designed to power on everything on the strip (in a non red slot) when the master device (computer) is powered on, and power off when the master device is powered off. So when you turn your computer on or off, everything else will go on and off with it. It's a smart device!  :)

Donkbaca:
Yup.. Computer is the master of it all...

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