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> I think I can say without fear of contradiction that I have *never*, ever,
> accidentally powered down my PC.
I always forget that other people usually have their laptop set to
sleep/hibernate when you close the lid (I have mine set to do absolutely
nothing, apart from turn off the LCD of course). It really screws up stuff
if you click shutdown and then immediately close the lid :-)
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scott wrote:
> I always forget that other people usually have their laptop set to
> sleep/hibernate when you close the lid (I have mine set to do absolutely
> nothing, apart from turn off the LCD of course). It really screws up
> stuff if you click shutdown and then immediately close the lid :-)
Ah yes, my least-favourit feature. Set POV-Ray running on a 2-week
project, close the lid anNOOOO!!! DON'T STOP RENDERING?!?!! >_<
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Reactor <rea### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> > ... 'cause accidently kicking my computer's power button while
> > downloading that 4 GB game would have had a somewhat higher frustration
> > potential otherwise :-P
> Having done that once or twice before, my current machine has the reset button
> disconnected.
I'm really wondering why so many PC cases have such a huge reset button
which is so easy to push. I think this is a historical leftover from the
DOS days where it was common to have to push the reset button a couple of
times per hour (especially in the very old DOS days which had games which
couldn't be quit, and the only way was to reset). Those days are long, long
over, so why still such a design?
In my PC case the reset button is behind a lid (which covers also the
power button and DVD drives). Even if the lid is kept open, it's hard to
press the button accidentally because it's small and recessed, rather than
bulging.
--
- Warp
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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.
Who knows?
Mine is pretty tiny. Not small enough that you need a pen to push it,
but you'd have to be absurdly unlucky to push it by accident.
The power switch is another matter... Still, my PC is located against a
wall, so while it's common to kick the side, you're very unlikely to
ever kick the front.
Well, unless you count my mother - the only women to accidentally drill
through her own arm with a power tool...
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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.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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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.
--
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:
>
> 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.
--
~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...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
> 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] sanrrcom> 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. ;)
--
Regards
Stephen
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