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minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoWhen I was younger I had a computer where the front fell off and stripped the wires from the button. To turn it on and off I had to hold the wires together, felt like I was hot wiring a car every time.
minus-squareStinkyRedMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoKinda the same here but one day I noticed it also worked by simply touching the case with one of the wires and that’s how I did it from here.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoWhen I bench tested components at a PC shop, I’d use my smallest screwdriver to short the pins on the motherboard to start up the caseless computer.
minus-squareZenorbi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 month agoWasn’t this built so the front wouldn’t fall off?
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 month agoWell, Its not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoWe’ve towed it outside of the environment.
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoWell how is it untypical?
minus-squareturdcollector69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoI have a server that’s a motherboard in a shelf that I stick a screwdriver into to power cycle
minus-squarevarnia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoYou Monster! Why would you power cycle a server?
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·1 month agoPerfect prelude to playing GTA
When I was younger I had a computer where the front fell off and stripped the wires from the button.
To turn it on and off I had to hold the wires together, felt like I was hot wiring a car every time.
Kinda the same here but one day I noticed it also worked by simply touching the case with one of the wires and that’s how I did it from here.
When I bench tested components at a PC shop, I’d use my smallest screwdriver to short the pins on the motherboard to start up the caseless computer.
Wasn’t this built so the front wouldn’t fall off?
Well, Its not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
We’ve towed it outside of the environment.
Well how is it untypical?
I have a server that’s a motherboard in a shelf that I stick a screwdriver into to power cycle
You Monster! Why would you power cycle a server?
Perfect prelude to playing GTA