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Warp wrote:
> I'm really wondering why so many PC cases have such a huge reset button
> which is so easy to push.
I don't think I've bought a PC since around the XP days that has an actual
reset button. The only way to hard boot any of the 5 machines I have here is
to hold down the power key.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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On 10/9/2009 11:11 AM, Darren New wrote:
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> I don't think I've bought a PC since around the XP days that has an
> actual reset button. The only way to hard boot any of the 5 machines I
> have here is to hold down the power key.
>
The case I built my new PC in doesn't have a reset switch, either,
though all motherboards still have the headers for one. Irritatingly,
the case didn't contain an internal beep speaker. I had to salvage one
from an old case so I could hear the diagnostic codes, should something
happen.
But, yet, I still have a big physical switch on the power supply that
will actually physically cut power to the motherboard.
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~Mike
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>> I don't think I've bought a PC since around the XP days that has an
>> actual reset button. The only way to hard boot any of the 5 machines I
>> have here is to hold down the power key.
>
> The case I built my new PC in doesn't have a reset switch, either,
> though all motherboards still have the headers for one. Irritatingly,
> the case didn't contain an internal beep speaker. I had to salvage one
> from an old case so I could hear the diagnostic codes, should something
> happen.
>
> But, yet, I still have a big physical switch on the power supply that
> will actually physically cut power to the motherboard.
The Dell OptiPlex 755's we have at work lack either a reset switch or a
switch on the PSU. If the PC locks, your only recourse is to pull the
cable out of the back. (Unless, you know, you can figure out WHERE THE
HELL IT'S PLUGGED IN. Then you could just turn the power point off...)
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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> The Dell OptiPlex 755's we have at work lack either a reset switch or a
> switch on the PSU. If the PC locks, your only recourse is to pull the
> cable out of the back. (Unless, you know, you can figure out WHERE THE
> HELL IT'S PLUGGED IN. Then you could just turn the power point off...)
>
You also can hold the power button down for 4 seconds.
-Aero
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On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:10:08 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>Invisible wrote:
>> I think I can say without fear of contradiction that I have *never*,
>> ever, accidentally powered down my PC.
>
>I think the closest I've come is shutting down the machine and then
>realizing as it's starting to close everything up that there was one more
>thing I wanted to do. But that doesn't really count.
You're lucky or just good. I had a tower pc where the large power switch was
just below the DVD drawer. Many a time I was left with my finger on the pressed
in power button feeling as if I had just heard a "click" while walking in a mine
field. ;)
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Regards
Stephen
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