Re: momentary switch

In article <12bkk5pj8no9ha6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Zalthu <ThisIsNotMyAddress@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
I've just replaced my old box because some of the connections are unreliable plus a few other problems. The MB, Processor and HD's still work fine so I don't want to dump it in the skip as it would come in handy attached to my LAN as a back-up or something. I am a bit short of space and where I thought I would put it would make it difficult to reach to turn on at the front panel. I thought about putting a switch in parallel with the front panel switch and putting that by my VDU so I could turn the old PC on when I needed it.

My problem is that I don't understand what sort of switch I need. Is it a single momentary switch which just makes the circuit and then opens again leaving the system switched on or is it more complex. The PC powers down when it is closed in windows but to turn it off from the front panel, you hold the same switch in for about 5 -10 secs and it shuts down. This makes me wonder if a simple parallel connection might not be enough.

I would be very grateful for any ideas.

Not directly what you asked for, but it may be worth checking your BIOS for a setting that will automatically fully power up the PC when you turn on the mains. If you have that option, then you can achieve what you want by a switch in the mains lead or at the wall socket.

On the particular motherboard I am thinking of, where I have used this option, it appears on the page "Power Management Setup" as "State after power failure" and has options of On, Auto and Off. Set it to On. It is an Award BIOS on an Abit board.

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John Blundell

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