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Another DIY Single Button Power Solution
tba:
well, like i said i used the instructions on that web site, so i have everything powering through a relay...
as for "making things simple" and just turning off my computer and waiting around to flick another switch that would TOTALLY defeats the whole "one button to rule them all" approach i was going for. This way i tell the FE to shutdown and walk away. not to mention taking apart a power bar, un soldering a switch moving it and mounting in a new location isn't exactly simple. What i did was unsolder a switch and wire in a relay... no moving or mounting.
I can "improperly" shutdown my computer still though, i just hold the power button down for more then 4 seconds and everything turns off.
lanman31337:
--- Quote from: tba on July 27, 2007, 04:43:31 am ---well, like i said i used the instructions on that web site, so i have everything powering through a relay...
as for "making things simple" and just turning off my computer and waiting around to flick another switch that would TOTALLY defeats the whole "one button to rule them all" approach i was going for. This way i tell the FE to shutdown and walk away. not to mention taking apart a power bar, un soldering a switch moving it and mounting in a new location isn't exactly simple. What i did was unsolder a switch and wire in a relay... no moving or mounting.
I can "improperly" shutdown my computer still though, i just hold the power button down for more then 4 seconds and everything turns off.
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that whole improperly shutting down will catch up with ya though ~:
More Cowbell:
--- Quote from: lanman31337 on July 27, 2007, 08:52:28 am ---that whole improperly shutting down will catch up with ya though ~:
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How so?
tba:
--- Quote from: lanman31337 on July 27, 2007, 08:52:28 am ---that whole improperly shutting down will catch up with ya though ~:
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i said i can, not i do.
severdhed:
i have a craftsman auto switch in my cabinet. it costs $20, and works great. i hit the PC power button (which is a standard arcade pushbutton mounted on the top of the cabinet), the pc turns on, activating the auto switch which turns on my speakers and marquee light. I have a 19" LCD computer monitor, so it senses a signal and turns on. then when i am done, i tell the computer to shut down from the MALA menu, it shuts off, the monitor goes to sleep, and the auto switch turns off the marquee light and speakers. it is really quite painless, took 5 minutes to set up, and was relatively inexpensive.
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