[mythtv-users] OT: Acer Aspire Revo Custom Power Button

[MacNean Tyrrell]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:58 AM, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:35 PM, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I can get an Acer Aspire Revo MB for cheap, but no power switch.  I'm
> >>>> looking to mod my own heatsink/fan, if I can't I can get for $30 but
> really
> >>>> don't want to spend it.  However, I really don't want to buy a power
> >>>> switch/usb port thing.  I'd rather have it auto power when plugged
> in, power
> >>>> down on unplug.  Is there a way to do this? or are those pins custom,
> no way
> >>>> to like hardwire them like a normal MB?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I am so lost.  What are you asking?
> >>
> >>
> >> I -think- he's saying that he can purchase the bare motherboard/CPU out
> of a
> >> Revo, but that he's too cheap to buy the powerswitch/USB module as a
> spare
> >> part.
> >>
>

Kinda.  No need to say too cheap.  if money was a different situation right
now, I'd just drop the $150-200 on a ion box.  But right now, I can't
justify that.  My other frontend just died.  I haven't found anything like
say under 60.  So I saw the MB that comes with the CPU pre sodered in for
like $20.  Figured power supply is $10, salvage heatsink/fan from old
frontend, just got to figure out a way to power it on.


> >> As such, he'd like to know if the power switch interfaces to a
> reasonably
> >> standard header to which he could bodge up his own switch.
> >>
> >> I'm afraid I can't be bothered to open either of my Revo's to find out,
> >> though.
> >
>
> same here.
>

No Worries.


> >>
> >> - Chris
> >>
> >>
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> I believe you can set the bios of the Revo to power on when it gets
> plugged in.  You can always use "poweroff" or "shutdown" commands to
> power it down.  The OP asked if there is a way to enter shutdown by
> pulling the power chord.  I am not sure how you would sustain power to
> the MB to gracefully power it down in that scenario.
> _______________________________________________
>

Do you have one to verify this?  And eh as a frontend on a USB stick, don't
really care about shutting down gracefully TBH.   Ty for your time/response.

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-- 
Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell
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