Absolutely this. Why do I have to press the power button for 3 seconds to force it to shut down?
If I made a bad overclock that could fry my system, I want it to shut off immediately!!
In the good old days, we had a REAL power button on the front of our desktop computers, that physically shut off power to the PSU.
And the computer didn’t use any power when not used.
This idea of pressing a button for x seconds before it does what it should have done instantly is moronic IMO.
That switch is hard to reach, and basically useless, it’s better to unplug the cable.
The power button does a graceful shutdown
Which is pretty useless, because you normally shut down through software, and if you can’t do that, the system has likely crashed anyway, so it’s better to shut down fast, than having a crashed program causing damage.
Plenty of people use the physical power button - including me. It’s directly equivalent to the software shutdown button, but you don’t have to go to a specific menu for it. Just press and walk away.
You can also change settings so it puts the computer to sleep or hibernate, instead of a full shutdown.
but you don’t have to go to a specific menu for it. Just press and walk away.
IDK why you need to do that, I use a hotkey on my keyboard.
So regarding speaking for yourself, how about you respect that not everyone do like you do, but your way is the only kind of hardware that exist.
I am not the arrogant one here, you are.
A physical power key on a desktop computer should physically shut off power IMO, but that option doesn’t exist anymore. And from an energy preserving perspective that is bad.
Hit the reset button then the power button, as the bios usually handles that interrupt by just shutting down immediately (and CPUs reset into low performance modes, so it reduces the power on your CPU immediately).
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Absolutely this. Why do I have to press the power button for 3 seconds to force it to shut down?
If I made a bad overclock that could fry my system, I want it to shut off immediately!!
In the good old days, we had a REAL power button on the front of our desktop computers, that physically shut off power to the PSU.
And the computer didn’t use any power when not used.
This idea of pressing a button for x seconds before it does what it should have done instantly is moronic IMO.
There’s still a switch on the psu if you really want it off NOW. Or you could unplug it.
The power button does a graceful shutdown by default because most people don’t like data loss/file system corruption…
If you’re doing potentially damaging overclocking changes and haven’t prepared to kill power asap, that’s on you.
That switch is hard to reach, and basically useless, it’s better to unplug the cable.
Which is pretty useless, because you normally shut down through software, and if you can’t do that, the system has likely crashed anyway, so it’s better to shut down fast, than having a crashed program causing damage.
Speak for yourself.
Plenty of people use the physical power button - including me. It’s directly equivalent to the software shutdown button, but you don’t have to go to a specific menu for it. Just press and walk away.
You can also change settings so it puts the computer to sleep or hibernate, instead of a full shutdown.
Your experience =/= Everyones experience.
IDK why you need to do that, I use a hotkey on my keyboard.
So regarding speaking for yourself, how about you respect that not everyone do like you do, but your way is the only kind of hardware that exist.
I am not the arrogant one here, you are.
A physical power key on a desktop computer should physically shut off power IMO, but that option doesn’t exist anymore. And from an energy preserving perspective that is bad.
Hit the reset button then the power button, as the bios usually handles that interrupt by just shutting down immediately (and CPUs reset into low performance modes, so it reduces the power on your CPU immediately).