Or Botton wrote:
>
> You mean, when an ATX computer is 'off', is still draws power?
> Abit stuped, especialy since in the last ATX computer I saw there
> was a 'Sleep' and 'Power' button. Both were 'digital' (not mechanical),
> and the computer shut-down when exiting Windows. Funny thing is,
> that in most of the ATX computers I saw there was a mechanical
> power switch in the back of the case, for emergencies (when the
> computer crash and you cant turn it off with the non-mechanical
> switch in front). In that model, there was no mechanical power switch
that's the real powerbutton, what's called the Power button
(either digital or mechanical) is just a request to the system
to power off. After a crash it often won't work. Holding it for
4 seconds or more (usually) tells the powersuply to power off the
hard way.
> at all. Thankfully though, the Reset button was still mechanical,
> so we could reset the machine each time it got stuck. (I counted about
> 4 crashs during my visit. I've been there for about 20 minutes.).
>
> BTW, personally, pressing the ATX power button feels strange to me.
> Its just that I miss the feeling of a 'Click' that you feel when
> pressing the old button.. <snif>.
I actually don't like powerbuttons, powering off leaves an empty
feeling. Powering on does feel good, but I prefer to just power
on the monitor and start working immdediatly.
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