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toilet:
Hey, thanks for posting what you did with this, it's always neat seeing how various people solve this problem.

However, maybe I'm missing something, but what's the point of the HD power connector built into the box? Do you connect that to any component per se, or just to a vacant power supply connector so that it completes the circuit when the power is on?


Thanks.

Steve:

--- Quote ---Hey, thanks for posting what you did with this, it's always neat seeing how various people solve this problem.

However, maybe I'm missing something, but what's the point of the HD power connector built into the box? Do you connect that to any component per se, or just to a vacant power supply connector so that it completes the circuit when the power is on?

Thanks.

--- End quote ---


The HD Power connector is connected to an available power connector from your PC power supply. In this manner, when the PC is powered on, 12V are supplied to the relay which turns the switch "on" for the 110V side powering a wall plug which in turn has a power strip plugged into it for marquee, monitor/tv, and speakers.

Here's the excerpt from COBeav's wonderful writeup on this:

Also shown are the connections to relay terminals 7 and 8.  These are the 12V and ground connections to the PC's hard drive power connector.  It doesn't matter whether the 12V wire is connected to terminal 7 or 8, all that matters is one is 12V and the other is ground.  I created my own hard drive power connector assembly, but it would probably be easier just to buy a Y-adapter cable and hack it.

Jack:
Thanks COBeav!

That is exactly what I have been looking for.

enemyace:
How do you extend the PC's power switch to the outside of the cabinet? Could you do a little writeup on how that's done? Or is there a writeup already somewhere else? Thanks, the relay stuff you did is nice.
-EA

COBeav:

--- Quote ---How do you extend the PC's power switch to the outside of the cabinet? Could you do a little writeup on how that's done? Or is there a writeup already somewhere else? Thanks, the relay stuff you did is nice.
-EA
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Eventually I'll revise the web page to show more pictures of the actual installation.  You can either cut the wire to the PC's power switch and extend the wire up to the control panel to a new button or create an entire new button+wire+connector assembly and then just plug it directly into your motherboard (replacing the existing power button).

COBeav

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