We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As a PC user, you know the drill: whenever you want to turn on your computer, you have to reach under your desk to press the power button on ...

Whenever possible, a computer should be shut down from the operating system. This ensures open files are saved, temporary files are deleted, and applications and the operating system are properly ...

The goal of this build is to activate the power control on a standard PC motherboard by integrating a PIC microcontroller along with an IR transceiver. The goal of this build is to activate the power ...

Standard ATX power supplies aren't designed to turn on unless they are properly connected to a motherboard. This helps to ensure that they can't power up and damage computer components if the plug isn ...

I don’t have any statistics on this, but most of the laptops that cross my desk have one thing in common: pressing the power button puts them to sleep (i.e. standby mode) instead of actually shutting ...

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I have some switches I want to use as ATX power switches, but I need to find two foot cables with the female (motherboard-side) connectors.<BR><BR>I found things like this but it's too short. Any idea ...

To prevent users from simply shutting down your computer, Windows 11 lets you remove the power button from the Start menu. It’s not obvious, however; doing so requires a small change to the registry, ...