Ever poked the little pwr button on a multimedia keyboard in a lab while you're bored out of your mind?

[dug777]

and the worrying thing is i have done it several times

they always take decades to boot up again as well

 

[venk]

Good Job Pwning Yourself

 

[hjo3]

Dumbass. Thank god you can't buy AnandTech.

 

[dighn]

you are a fool to not save your work before trying that

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: dug777
and the worrying thing is i have done it several times

they always take decades to boot up again as well

Thats why we leave them enabled.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: dug777
and the worrying thing is i have done it several times

they always take decades to boot up again as well

Thats why we leave them enabled.

thankfully i no longer have to use lab computers...you b@#tards

 

[So]

The annoying thing is when it's on your own computer and there's no way to disable it. I've poked them by accident before :|. Finally I gave up and put electrical tape over the button (it was slightly recessed, so it made it pretty hard to press accidentally.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: So
The annoying thing is when it's on your own computer and there's no way to disable it. I've poked them by accident before :|. Finally I gave up and put electrical tape over the button (it was slightly recessed, so it made it pretty hard to press accidentally.

wtf is the point of them anyway, i mean who can't click start, turnoff computer, then turn off/restart/standyby or shift then hibernate?

 

[Lonyo]

We have Standby buttons that we press.
Doesn't shut down the computer, just tries to make it go into Standby and consequently crashes it
Reboot is then required, but it takes longer cos you have to hold in power button.

 

[jalaram]

Of all the buttons you could poke at, why are you poking at a power button?

 

[neutralizer]

I have power to hibernate, sleep to standby. Too lazy to go to start menu. Hitting the power button is just so much easier.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: jalaram
Of all the buttons you could poke at, why are you poking at a power button?

cos they are usually closest to one of the edges of the board i guess