>Before anyone has some wrong ideas, shutting a computer down by itself >will not protect it from surges, unless you also switch it off at the >wall (or use the equivalent switch at the power supply, yeah right if >there was one). These days power supplies are always on, even if the >disks aren't spinning. 100% safe of course would be to pull the plug >from the wall.
I have an old case with an actual on/off switch that flicks up and down, rather than an on/off button. Is that what you mean by "equivalent switch at the power supply"?
