Cases with doors... Why do they hide the on/off button behind the door?

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Is it my imagination but do a lot of cases with doors on the front seem to put the on/off button behind the door?

Why?

Surely the idea is you keep the door shut 99% of the time, only opening it probably for the CD/DVD drive?

Am I missing something?

Why aren't the on/off buttons accessible with or without the door open?
 
my old chieftec dragon did that and I believe the reason was to prevent anyone turning on/off when the door was locked. Comes from the server market it was aimed at - I would assume most other door ones do it for that reason or cost.
 
lsg1r said:
my old chieftec dragon did that and I believe the reason was to prevent anyone turning on/off when the door was locked. Comes from the server market it was aimed at - I would assume most other door ones do it for that reason or cost.
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LOL! That is so silly it's beyond silly! And the PSU power switch at the back? And the power lead into the PSU? And the mains switch?

Sheesh :)
 
Triad2000 said:
Incase you accidently knock the pc and switch it off?
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That happens about as often as people are vacuuming naked and have that one in a million fall I suspect :)
 
Triad2000 said:
Incase you accidently knock the pc and switch it off?
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Happens more often than you'd think. There's a whole range of IBM Intellistations and low end Netfinity servers where the power button is on the top, just where you would normally toss CD cases, manuals etc. Dunno how many times I've inadvertantly powered off those machines in my time.
 
rpstewart said:
Happens more often than you'd think. There's a whole range of IBM Intellistations and low end Netfinity servers where the power button is on the top, just where you would normally toss CD cases, manuals etc. Dunno how many times I've inadvertantly powered off those machines in my time.
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That comes down to the poor position of the power switch and lack of a decent on-light... I don't think I've ever turned a machine off by accident...
 
jaykay said:
give a cleaner face as thats what doors are for
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What's the use of a nice clean face if you constantly have to open/close it every time you want to start the machine... That would drive me balmy.... :)

There's no reason why the power button couldn't be available with the door open/closed surely...

Some manufacturers must do this?
 
chriscatt said:
Hi, mine has a remote to start it up, never use the on/off switch...
ChrisC
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This is where someone suggests you need a door on the remote, incase you press the on/off button on it by accident? :)
 
NeilFawcett said:
What's the use of a nice clean face if you constantly have to open/close it every time you want to start the machine... That would drive me balmy.... :)

There's no reason why the power button couldn't be available with the door open/closed surely...

Some manufacturers must do this?
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The P180 has the power switch on the outside. But anyway, how often do you switch your computer on? I only do it once a day when I get home from work, the computer is then on until I go to bed, so its hardly the end of the world having to open a door once a day.
 
rpstewart said:
Happens more often than you'd think. There's a whole range of IBM Intellistations and low end Netfinity servers where the power button is on the top, just where you would normally toss CD cases, manuals etc. Dunno how many times I've inadvertantly powered off those machines in my time.
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Happens all the time in college, they are SFF systems and the power button is right where the keyboard is. Keyboard gets pushed back and presses the button... so there are often shouts of "No! My work! Why are you turning off! ****"

:D

Oh and about the door... how often do you actually have to turn it on/off? And is it such a hardship to do so once in a while.
 
messiah khan said:
The P180 has the power switch on the outside. But anyway, how often do you switch your computer on? I only do it once a day when I get home from work, the computer is then on until I go to bed, so its hardly the end of the world having to open a door once a day.
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Typically once or twice a day...

I'm suprised that they don't just incorporate a nice button on the door, that just follows thru to the button behind the door? So theoretically the only time you'd open the door would be to put a CD in (or press reset) etc...
 
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Problems solved! never shut the pc down by accident again. :p ;)

NeilFawcett said:
I'm suprised that they don't just incorporate a nice button on the door, that just follows thru to the button behind the door? So theoretically the only time you'd open the door would be to put a CD in (or press reset) etc...
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Some cases do have that. Suppose it's just down to the manufacturer or designer.
 
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NeilFawcett said:
This is where someone suggests you need a door on the remote, incase you press the on/off button on it by accident? :)
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Hehe, nice one, perhaps I could have a power/HD lights on my remote as well...
ChrisC
 
I recently got hold of a Super Lanboy, and got rid of my old Cheiftec tower case. The tower had the button behind the door, which annoyed the hell out me. So much so, I took the door off it.

However, the Lanboy is superb, can keep the door closed and the power button is on the front of the case instead :D
 
nade said:
I recently got hold of a Super Lanboy, and got rid of my old Cheiftec tower case. The tower had the button behind the door, which annoyed the hell out me. So much so, I took the door off it.

However, the Lanboy is superb, can keep the door closed and the power button is on the front of the case instead :D
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Yeh... Makes no sense to me to have an on button "hidden"... Hence the thread :)
 
I accidently knocked the on/off and reset buttons loads of times when I went to a cybercafe so I can see why they are behind doors. Plus on the dragon cases it's so that it can't be switched on when you don't want it to ;)
 
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