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June 25, 2014 5:40:20 AM

Building new PC, Corsair 200R case, Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard.

Question: Can I determine how long to hold the power button before it turns off? On other PCs I need to hold the power switch for a couple seconds before it will actually turn off. On this build if I just press the power switch it will turn off. I am a little worried about accidentally bumping the switch and shutting down unintentionally.

Is this determined by the case, the mobo, OS? Bios? I have no OS installed yet.

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June 25, 2014 6:01:54 AM

The corsair 200r's power and reset switch are made really cheaply, but they are fairly hard to accidentally press enough to shut off. The 200r is probably my personal favorite budget case, and on any newer system and os you only press it once and it will shut off. Like for the button you need to push it in about a good 1/4 or 1/3 of an inch before it does anything, same with the reset..
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