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Remote power button

DietDrThunder

DietDrThunder

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The only things I want on my desk is a Monitor, an external eSata DVD drive, mouse, and a power switch (keyboard is in the keyboard drawer). I want the rest of the PC hidden from view, but I don't want to crawl under the roll top desk to power it on. Has anyone modified a case where you mounted the power/reset button somewhere else?
 
You can usually set up a hotkey on your keyboard through your BIOS.

If you actually want a hardware switch though, should be pretty easy.
 
I wouldn't have thought it was that difficult to do; its simply a push button switch closes the circuit. The amount of time the button is pressed in for determines what happens (when set in my MB's BIOS - instant off; or suspend mode unless button is pressed in for more than 4secs, then instant off). The reset switch also closes the circuit.

This is what I found on Google (some one else had the same idea):
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-500472.html

You should find that there are 4x one pin headers on the MB; if I remember correctly mine are called PW +/- (power switch) and RES +/- (reset switch).

Therefore I think all you need would be:
4x one-pin female header connectors with cabling; i.e. chop two of these in half: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/images/product/MECcab0004.JPG
Cabling (to extend the cabling on the 4x connectors linked above)
2x push button switches http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/ip65-push-button-switch-red-p-532.html
 
I have something like this, but it's for the fans:

http://www.iceteks.com/articles.php/pcdeskmod/1

But it could easily be done for the power switch too, just need to splice into the case's power button. I would advise leaving the case's power button in the equation in case you ever move it or go to a lan party or something. Wire it in paralell not serries, though or it would defeat the purpose. 😛
 
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=23050

if you could mod that on the green sense wire, you could get what your looking for.

The PSU power on button is done on the PSU via that green sense wire.
So if u had current on it, the PSU would turn on, another current again, and the psu would go though shut down.
 
the power button is a simple momentary NO contact switch. Pull the one from your case and extend the wires, mount it whereever or buy another one from any online e-tailer and do the same while leaving the one in your case in tact.
 
Thanks for the ideas guys. Now all I have to do is figure out what I want to mount the button on. Maybe I can figure out a way to mount it in/on the external DVD enclosure.
 
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