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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Reminds me of when I made a pc as a media center for my roommates out of old spare pc parts and the box that their xbox360 came in.

Had to turn it on by using a paper clip to short the right two pins, lol.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

to short the right two pins

That's the core principle of how switches work. You have done everything right.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Legit badass. "Hotwire the PC so we can watch a movie!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

You know, you could have run down to the electronics store and bought an actual button for those pins. Still, that sounds like a fun build.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I test-"built" my first gaming pc with all the parts laying on my bed.
The only computer parts store within cycling distance just put returned parts back on the shelf, so there was about an 80% chance at least one part you bought was dead out of the box.

Later I remembered that that's possible, and built a gaming rig with all parts mounted openly on the wall behind my desk.