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Can I flip the switch on my PSU for once?

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Because my PC is locked.

There usually is a button for that on the lock screen anyway...

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Now I need to restart my PC at a distance by telling my dad what to do, I can simply tell him to flip the switch on the back and flip it back on. How much damage can this cause? I mean, I know it's bad, but how bad?

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It's fine. Flip it off, wait for 10 seconds and flip it back on. If you do it immediately, it will turn back on.

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Now I need to restart my PC at a distance by telling my dad what to do, I can simply tell him to flip the switch on the back and flip it back on. How much damage can this cause? I mean, I know it's bad, but how bad?

No damage, you'll just lose whatever was open but not saved (unsaved notepad, etc)

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If you do it immediately, it will turn back on.

Depends on how you have it set in the BIOS

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No damage, you'll just lose whatever was open but not saved (unsaved notepad, etc)

Microsoft usually auto-saves if system randomly shuts down.

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Depends on how you have it set in the BIOS

i was thinking of letting caps discharge by waiting , what bios setting would do that?
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Microsoft usually auto-saves if system randomly shuts down.

Depends, sometimes it doesn't save the latest edit. It's hit and miss

 

 

i was thinking of letting caps discharge by waiting , what bios setting would do that?

BIOS setting will just make it so that if you flip the switch off and right back on immediately, you can choose between 3 options

 

1. PC turns on automatically

2. PC stays off

3. Whatever it was before you flipped the switch

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Is that really easier than moving the mouse for him? O.o

 

What do you mean moving the mouse for him?

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From a hardware perspective, it does nothing. The power supply kills the power to the components immediately anyways(like when the system performs a normal shutdown, the PSU just removes the power). From a software perspective, it could cause file corruption.

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What do you mean moving the mouse for him?

 

I think he means this: If you need your dad to restart your PC, why not just have him click "restart"?

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I think he means this: If you need your dad to restart your PC, why not just have him click "restart"?

 

Because my PC is locked. Don't want him to give password. He won't know where to click to restart on windows 8.1.

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Because my PC is locked.

There usually is a button for that on the lock screen anyway...

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There usually is a button for that on the lock screen anyway...

 

You're right. I forgot. 

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