[Mr.Pie]

so......where can I find a guide to make a powerbutton for my PC?

I'm thinking of doing this custom cardboard case XD

and I need a way to turn it on

 

[Skripka]

You know that cardboard has this tendency to catch fire when it gets too hot, don't you?

 

[CattleRustler]

you just need a momentary spst switch
or just dangle the wires out of the cardboard box, and temporarily touch them together to boot the machine

 

[Mr.Pie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skripka You know that cardboard has this tendency to catch fire when it gets too hot, don't you?

yup

Quote:

Originally Posted by CattleRustler you just need a momentary spst switch or just dangle the wires out of the cardboard box, and temporarily touch them together to boot the machine

any guides?
I need to create an actual button

 

[to_the_zenith]

just get any 2-pin switch you want, we're only talking two wires and so long as its not one of them switches that are only 'on' when you hold the button in, you'll be right.

But yeah as Skripka said... heat from compoents + electricity + cardboard = bad idea

 

[beers]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Pie I need to create an actual button

Obtain two wires.
Connect each wire to the header on the motherboard.

Create a mechanism for connecting these wires when pressure applied.

Congratulations, you have made a button..

 

[Mr.Pie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by to_the_zenith just get any 2-pin switch you want, we're only talking two wires and so long as its not one of them switches that are only 'on' when you hold the button in, you'll be right. But yeah as Skripka said... heat from compoents + electricity + cardboard = bad idea

hmm ignition of cardboard temp?

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Originally Posted by beers Obtain two wires. Connect each wire to the header on the motherboard. Create a mechanism for connecting these wires when pressure applied. Congratulations, you have made a button..

thankyou

 

[Mr.Pie]

found it! http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8002212AALXFCr

437*C

 

[Epitope]

Here is a nice list of big industrial red buttons. The only problem is your friends wont be able to resist pushing it.

http://www.directindustry.com/cat/el...es-AF-764.html

 

[to_the_zenith]

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Originally Posted by Mr.Pie found it! ... 437*C

fair enough, unlikely to ignite, say I'm one of them sceptic till proven otherwise… and so proven… and it's not like there's much in a rig that is going to go putting out sparks ay.
Actually there is a thread on here somewhere where a someone used a postal cardboard box for his case… looking…
http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-wo...-case-mod.html

count me as a convert… go for it

 

[luvsan]

Radioshack carries buttons, expensive but shipping it will be the same unless you are buying other things on a site that will combine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CattleRustler you just need a momentary spst switch or just dangle the wires out of the cardboard box, and temporarily touch them together to boot the machine

I still have a computer like this as a htpc, just rub these two wires together.... in case you were wondering this is also how you ring a doorbell in the ghetto.

 

[yashau]

I have a few lying around the house I use to setup ghetto fan switches. I just take them out of old cases

 

[LiLChris]

I kept mine from my old HP case just incase I want to do something creative.

Was a pain removing it, that case had 1000 screws and rivets and weighed a ton.

 

[SmokinWaffle]

Just solder a momentary Push Button and some wire to the 2 Appropriate pins on the motherboard, as I did on an old techstation;

Pushing the button turned it on,

, sorry for the awful pictures.

 

[Mr.Pie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokinWaffle Just solder a momentary Push Button and some wire to the 2 Appropriate pins on the motherboard, as I did on an old techstation; Pushing the button turned it on, , sorry for the awful pictures.

at least there are pics

thanks, I'm off to visit some of the local electrical all you can find shops

 

[SmokinWaffle]

I got my Buttons from eBay really cheap, for a pack of like 10 I think. Take a look, they are very cheap to buy.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=m...+button&_rdc=1

 

[Mr.Pie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokinWaffle I got my Buttons from eBay really cheap, for a pack of like 10 I think. Take a look, they are very cheap to buy. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=m...+button&_rdc=1

thanks!
mind giving me some advice in my upgrade thread as well

 

[SmokinWaffle]

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Originally Posted by Mr.Pie thanks! mind giving me some advice in my upgrade thread as well

No problem, will do

 

[CravinR1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokinWaffle No problem, will do

Requesting rep is against ToS

 

[TKNOHCKR]

Go to a radioshack or better yet an autoparts store. Tons of switches and buttons. Thats where I get all my switches and stuff, even the leds to light up my rig.