Unusual case idea: extra power switch
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Unusual case idea: extra power switch
Hey SPCR, long time no word. I haven't been posting or paying much attention to SPCR because I haven't been buying any new computer parts in a long time, but although I'm extremely out of the loop on everything, something came to mind that I though I probably ought to mention.
Okay, so although all of SPCR's techniques make it possible to make a PC inaudible from even right next to your head, tucking a PC away can help a lot(and sometimes is a good idea for other reasons anyway), but that can make certain parts of it particularly hard to get at. So I thought that a case having an extra power button or two at the top, back and/or side would be nice feature. Or, maybe even go further and have a power button that can be pulled away from the case and attached wherever.
(Although now that I think about it, this kind of thing would be rather easy mod anyway.)
Okay, so although all of SPCR's techniques make it possible to make a PC inaudible from even right next to your head, tucking a PC away can help a lot(and sometimes is a good idea for other reasons anyway), but that can make certain parts of it particularly hard to get at. So I thought that a case having an extra power button or two at the top, back and/or side would be nice feature. Or, maybe even go further and have a power button that can be pulled away from the case and attached wherever.
(Although now that I think about it, this kind of thing would be rather easy mod anyway.)
I think the reason you dont see that is 99% of the people buying the case will have no use for that second power button.
Like you said yourself, its a quick mod. all you really need to do is splice into the power button wires and make em longer. and pretty much, the sky is the limit for where you put that switch..bearing in mind you have a long wire coming out of your case should you decide to move it lol.
HOW SWEET WOULD IT BE to recess the power button into the top of your desk..like up by the base of your monitor. you could even get fancy and make it a military style toggle switch w/ cover lmao
*day-dreams* ......wow ...im a geek.
Like you said yourself, its a quick mod. all you really need to do is splice into the power button wires and make em longer. and pretty much, the sky is the limit for where you put that switch..bearing in mind you have a long wire coming out of your case should you decide to move it lol.
HOW SWEET WOULD IT BE to recess the power button into the top of your desk..like up by the base of your monitor. you could even get fancy and make it a military style toggle switch w/ cover lmao
*day-dreams* ......wow ...im a geek.
Well, yeah, but they could just put it on one or two specific cases and explicitly mention that this makes them easier to tuck away. I mean, why does it have a power button in the first place?RoGuE wrote:I think the reason you dont see that is 99% of the people buying the case will have no use for that second power button.
I wouldn't really want to do that, I wouldn't want to wreck the original switch, I mean, you can simply unplug it, and it's probably not the best kind of switch to attach somewhere else.RoGuE wrote:Like you said yourself, its a quick mod. all you really need to do is splice into the power button wires and make em longer. and pretty much, the sky is the limit for where you put that switch..bearing in mind you have a long wire coming out of your case should you decide to move it lol.
Nope, doesn't work. It worked on a pentium 2 I had ages ago, but not on what I have now. And this is with a PS2 keyboard, is this ever even possible with a USB one?Matija wrote:Or you could use your keyboard to turn on the PC.
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in the bios of my pc, i can set it to turn on with the ps2 keyboards space bar, but i have no options for usb keyboardsnutball wrote:Yes, and has been for years. Some keyboards even have a little "sleep" button which will turn your PC off too. Turn off, turn on, all from the keyboard.mathias wrote:And this is with a PS2 keyboard, is this ever even possible with a USB one?
That doesn't necessarily mean that wake-on-USB won't work. I have a couple of motherboards with similar BIOSes that work fine with USB keyboards despite lacking an explicit option. If you're running XP there are windows driver options which may also need tweaking to get it to work.mark19891989 wrote:in the bios of my pc, i can set it to turn on with the ps2 keyboards space bar, but i have no options for usb keyboards
Depends what sort of shut down you're talking about. I posted this in a different thread. Keyboard can wake the PC from S1, S3 and S4. S5 requires pressing the power button.porkchop wrote:i'm under the impression it only works when the pc is on standby- am i wrong?
It doesn't really help that there's a confusing array of names for these states (sleep, standby, hibernate). If sleep=S3 and you can wake from that you should be able to wake from hibernate (S4) too.
The nicer way would be a wireless/infrared remote to turn the sucker on. I think some of the htpc cases have that remote.
some boards don't support wake from USB keyboards because the bios turns off the usb ports. I know my gigabyte board doesn't. Your best bet would be to put it to S3 sleep. That usually works well with USB keyboard. I however had major issues with S3 and thus will not use it again.
some boards don't support wake from USB keyboards because the bios turns off the usb ports. I know my gigabyte board doesn't. Your best bet would be to put it to S3 sleep. That usually works well with USB keyboard. I however had major issues with S3 and thus will not use it again.