POLL: do you use your PC reset button?

[Lifer]

from my other thread, it sounds as if ppl don't.
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[JBT]

I have one on my chieftec case but I can't really get it with my finger, the button is to small so I just use the power button.

 

[Chaotic42]

I have one, but neither Windows XP nor Debian crashes very much, so I really never use it.

 

[The Green Bean]

damn i have those old PCs which dont shut off automatically...I haveta use the restart button evertime

 

[Amused]

Very rarely. It gets the most use when I'm pushing limits with clock settings.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Amused
Very rarely. It gets the most use when I'm pushing limits with clock settings.

 

[hdeck]

yes.

 

[optimistic]

I had to recently because Call of Duty kept on crashing without cats 3.10

 

[mindwreck]

yeah sometimes. but other times i just hit the power button and turn it back on.

 

[XBoxLPU]

No, I have a reset button but rarely use it

 

[RussianSensation]

Only when the computer freezes (which happens only with call of duty on my g** a** radeon card)

 

[HiTek21]

its rarely used, its also hard to use because you need a pen or something small to push the button.

 

[Jeff7181]

I can't recall a time when my computer froze when using Windows XP... I'm sure it has once or twice, but I don't think I've ever had to reboot with the reset switch, normally Windows XP can shut down the fubar'd app. and I can just restart the computer from within Windows.

 

[Looney]

I'm like Jeff7181, i don't recall the last time my XP box froze.

 

[Atlantean]

I have one and only use it when I get pissed off at my computer.

 

[Breezie]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
its rarely used, its also hard to use because you need a pen or something small to push the button.

i hate those >_<

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Amused
Very rarely. It gets the most use when I'm pushing limits with clock settings.

 

[Jeff7]

I don't use it often, but I do like having one. I hate it when I need to just do a real quick reset, like to interrupt something specific on the PC, or just to save a little time, over holding down the power button for 4 seconds if it needs to get a forced shutdown. The button must only add maybe 25-50 cents for them to add in. I could afford to pay that.

 

[RalfHutter]

I can't remember if I've ever used the reset buttons on any of my systems. WinXP never screws up bad enough to need to reset it.

 

[poppyq]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
its rarely used, its also hard to use because you need a pen or something small to push the button.

That's so you don't accidentally bump it and reset your system before you saved your 200 page thesis

 

[Fern]

Yes, we definetly use it on our gaming machine. When the keyboard freezes, I reach for my trusty pen and press the reset button.

 

[brentkiosk]

Yes, but only once in a while

 

[SpeedFreak03]

Even when XP locks up (like an application freezes, but XP still is semi-responsive), I press the power button and let it shut down nicely. I've never (knock on wood) had a complete hard lock (where the mouse freezes, numlock light freezes (doesnt turn on/off) etc) in WinXP, even when I had unstable o/cs.

-Josh

 

[Mem]

Yes because of Steam a few times.

 

[EeyoreX]

I have two (one per PC). I don't use either very often. In fact I think one hasn't been used since I assembled the PC. The other maybe once.

\Dan