rydin4life Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 This isn't a LaunchBox specific question, but I know a lot of people do this so wanted to get some thoughts. I'm still a bit confused on how to power on and off my cabinet. I plan on plugging everything into a power strip so I get that I can set my PC to turn on as soon as it receives power. Turning the power strip on will also turn on my speaker amp and then I can just press power on my remote to turn on the TV. I can then either turn off the PC by usign the Shut Down menu option in BigBox or wire in an external button. What I don't understand is either way, the PC would still have power coming in from the power strip until I flip that switch. Wouldn't it just auto power on as soon as it shuts down and sees that it has power? Also, since BigBox has the option to shut down the PC, I'm not sure that adding an external button is much of a benefit. I'll still turn off the power supply so the speaker amp, marquee, and TV aren't getting power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBlue Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) I believe the power on feature in a bios will only kick in when the PC loses power, and it's then restored... in your case when you turn off the power strip and turn it on again it would be the same as a power loss/failure as far as the PC is concerned. if you have that power on after power loss feature enabled in your bios, and you simply shut down the PC but it still has power, that feature should't kick in and the PC shouldn't just turn on again. It should only do that if there's then a power loss/failure (ie. flip the power off on the strip, then back on). Until then, you would only be able to turn it back on by pressing the power button on the PC... hope that makes sense Edited March 2, 2020 by CDBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydin4life Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Thanks @CDBlue That makes perfect sense! I was going to get one of those external power buttons that many people use to shut down their PCs, but since I can shut down with BigBox and then turn off the power strip I don't think I need one. I could just shut down with BigBox, flip the power strip to off, and then flip the strip back on to power up the PC. I'll need to turn the power strip off anyway since I'll also have a speaker amp and marquee light going into that. Appreciate your reply, think I know understand how I'll set things up when the cabinet gets here!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDBlue Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) Correct. If you have access to the power strip and can turn it off (effectively turning off AC power to the PC), and the PC you are using does have the option in the BIOS to enable it to turn on after AC Power Loss (not all bios have that feature), then it will work as you want. FYI, I just tested this with one of my PC's by turning on that feature in the bios and simply shut windows down. It did not come on again until I pressed the power button on the PC. However, when I shut it down, turned off the power bar, waited a few mins, then turned that power bar back on, the PC booted up within 15 seconds due to it seeing that it had AC power loss, but then it saw it was back and the bios told the PC to power on. Edited March 2, 2020 by CDBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Yeah this is exactly how my arcade machine is configured and shutting it down but not turning off power to the strip will not cause the PC to reboot which CDBlue already said but I'm also confirming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydin4life Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Thanks again all. I just set this up last night and it works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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