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Shut down windows vs just powering off PC
smalltownguy:
--- Quote from: Finchbyrd on August 25, 2009, 04:23:10 am ---I got a couple momentary buttons from radiocrack that I'm going to install behind the coin return doors. They're the 3amp kind, 1 red 1 black, and they're very low profile, they don't stick out far at all which I love. Problem is that they need a 1/2" hole to put them through, and half inch bits are massive, so I have to figure out how to drill through the steel of the coin returns rear, but I have tons of tutorials and info on what bits to use and stepping and all that. What I don't know however is what gauge wire to use to attatch them to the mobo switch wires. I was thinking of tearing open an ethernet cable and using a couple of those but I'm not sure if they can handle it. Any ideas for me? Also, what gauge wire does the cp buttons on the arcade use? I need a few to attatch to a t-tap wire splice on my harness for the J-Pac.
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We've all dealt with fried power supplies in our lives, right? Surely you have a cooked computer power supply floating around somewhere, or know someone who does. You've got all the wire you'll ever need for miscellaneous wiring projects on your cab right there. If you need more length than that, just solder a few together.
I'm all all about freeeeeeee ;D
Finchbyrd:
Ha, free is best, its funny you say that. I do believe we had, at one time or another, 3 pc power supplies. Well, spring cleaning occurred and I have no idea where they are now haha.
bkenobi:
One other option for you to consider. If you want to keep your current set up and not add any more buttons or anything to the FE to confuse things, you could opt to add a UPS that can connect to the PC via USB. These devices come with software that can be configured to immediately shut down when power is lost. If you do that, then you can cut power with your current switch and the PC will shut down when it's done doing it's thing. If it takes too long (because it's being stupid or something) then it will run out of battery and go off anyway. This also protects from brown/black outs depending on how you have it set up.
Beretta:
pretty much any guage wire will work for the power button.. unlike the older AT's where it made a circuit for power to flow though.. on ATX it's controlled by the mother board.
there is no AC power going thought he button ATX, only very low voltage DC.. it's just enough for a singal.
any wire will work.. it's also very brief circuit.
if you have some ethernet cable thats usually 24, or 22 gauge, that will work just fine.
drventure:
Another possibility. I've set up my cab this way (though I'm still waiting to hook up my power ON switch).
Get a copy of POWEROFF
http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/applications.html
Put it on the path somewhere
Set up a bat file to run the command line
Poweroff poweroff -force
The save it as Turnoff.bat somewhere
Create a shortcut to it and configure the shortcut with a hotkey of, oh, say CTRL-F11 or something.
Now, configure your IPAC to generate that keystroke on a shifted button press.
Viola! The machine performs an orderly powerdown (not just an instance poweroff), at the press of a button that's ALREADY on your control panel. No extra buttons, no wires, etc.
Now to turn things on, if possible, set the BIOS of your mobo to "Wake on KBD/Mouse". You'll need the IPAC plugged into the PS2 plug for that to work (at least with the MOBO I've got, an ASUS m3n78-vm, others will likely be a little different.)
You may need to configure WAKE ON USB if the keyboard/encoder is on a USB port.
And if it doesn't work, you may STILL need to run wires for the Poweron switch. Just depends on your mobo at that point.
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