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

[NeilF]

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?

 

[NeilF]

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.

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

 

[NeilF]

Incase you accidently knock the pc and switch it off?

That happens about as often as people are vacuuming naked and have that one in a million fall I suspect

 

[NeilF]

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.

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...

 

[NeilF]

give a cleaner face as thats what doors are for

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?

 

[NeilF]

Hi, mine has a remote to start it up, never use the on/off switch...
ChrisC

This is where someone suggests you need a door on the remote, incase you press the on/off button on it by accident?

 

[NeilF]

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.

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...

 

[NeilF]

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

Yeh... Makes no sense to me to have an on button "hidden"... Hence the thread

 

[NeilF]

why would you have the power buttons outside if you have a door on your case?

-easy access

Bingo! You got it!

why would you have them inside?

-look better
-stop accidental turning off (my college pc's do this all the time, power button is knee hight)
-security, cant turn it on without breaking the door.
-use power button once, twice, three times a lady...err.. i mean, once or twice a day...

-"look better" - An on/off switch could be made as subtle and pretty as you like so your answer is not applicable.
-"stop accidental turning off" - As for manual confirmation (as shown above) so your answer is not applicable.
-"security, cant turn it on without breaking the door" - LOL Pull the lead out the back so your answer is not applicable. Also is your PC in your house or the FBI? Come on now!
-"-use power button once, twice, three times a lady...err.. i mean, once or twice a day..." - Well that's not even an English sentence is it?[/quote]

pretty obvious answers, bit of a stupid thread imo

Only one of them makes any logical sense and that seems to agree with me, so thanks The rest seem pretty stupid answers imo