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GoYouSalukis:
I just modded my surge protector with a 12 volt relay using DaOldMan's thread, and it turned out great. Everything turns on with the press of a button, and turns off once the cpu powers down.

I am tempted to make some sort of delay circuit with a 555 and another relay that would delay the power to the monitor for an adjustable time, so that the monitor doesn't turn on until it is booted up all the way. I know I could just make changes to Win7 to minimize the startup sequence, but I kind of like the idea of the hardware solution since I'm pretty sure I can't hide my BIOS screen.

lowgunn:
I bought this one and it works fine.  I have the pc controlling it and have an arcade monitor and speaker plugged into the controlled socket.  the controlled socket gives 30 secs before they power off.

Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: lowgunn on April 25, 2013, 08:19:30 am ---I bought this one and it works fine.  I have the pc controlling it and have an arcade monitor and speaker plugged into the controlled socket.  the controlled socket gives 30 secs before they power off.

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Says 90s seconds. That seems to address the general 'sensitivity' issue.

For some noobs here regarding avoiding the bios screen: look up SailorSat and 'dummy card'.

idsane:
So I ended up going with the Zuni after I found it only takes 14 watts for the master to start it. My kill a watt meter shoes me pulling 45 with the just the computer so I knew it would work. Half the price and works well!

MTPPC:
THread necro-monger here. The big problem that causes smart strips to require sensitivity adjustments is the setting that controls whether USB ports have power while the computer is shut off. I have found that this setting is sometimes in bios, sometimes a jumper on the mobo. I struggled with the belkin smartstrip until I learned this. Once the power setting of the PC is optimized, I think they all work fine.

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