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javeryh:
OK, I've got a SmartStrip.  I'm going to plug the SmartStrip into the wall, the computer into the "hot" outlet and everything else (speakers and monitor) into the other outlets so presumably when I power on my computer, everything else will power on too (my monitor is always on unless it's unplugged and my speakers can be left in the on position all the time).  Am I OK so far?

Now what?  I want to wire a button on my cab to be the "power" button (hidden from view but easily accessible) meaning I press it and everything comes on and the computer boots straight to my frontend and I press it again and it shuts down.  I think I need to mess with my computer's BIOS but I don't even know what that is - can anyone point me in the right direction or explain what I need to figure out?

Thanks!!

Flinkly:
hook your regular power button from your comp to a button that is available to push.  i used a regular happ button.  i press it, and everything comes on, if you've got a smart strip.

Farmboy90:
There is a connector (jumper) coming from your PC power switch and connecting to your motherboard.  It'll be a green/white or red/white set of wires labeled "Power Switch".

Leave that connected to your motherboard.  Then snip the wires and splice on long ones that you can run to the place on your cab where you want to mount a button.

Then strip the ends of the long wires off and solder them to the ends of a momentary push button that you mount to the cabinet somewhere.

Then when you push that button, it will turn on your PC.  This is the "master" in the powerstrip and as such will cause everything else to fire up.  When you hit the button again it will shut down your PC.  Now the "master" device is off and as such your other devices will be turned off.

thebrownshow:
Let me preface this with the fact that I've got my PC in an existing cabinet, but there's a MUCH easier way with a smartstrip

First, check your BIOS and see if you have a setting called "Restore Power after AC Power Loss" or something to that effect.  Essentially what that means is that when there's power at the PC's plug, should it fire up your PC?

Now plug your CABINET'S POWER into the monitor outlet of the SmartStrip, so that when the cabinet gets turned on, the smartstrip fires up the other outlets.

Your PC will notice the now-available power, and will fire up your PC.

That way, you don't need an extra button or anything, you can just use the cabinet's existing power supply

SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: thebrownshow on January 25, 2006, 05:48:41 pm ---First, check your BIOS and see if you have a setting called "Restore Power after AC Power Loss" or something to that effect.  Essentially what that means is that when there's power at the PC's plug, should it fire up your PC?

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Now, doesn't that mean you have to cut power to the computer while it is running, you can't use normal shutdown?

Smartstrip, I think, would be the safer route.  Also note some computers have a power on keyboard in bios too.

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