Timeline for How do these modern power buttons on devices work
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| Apr 7, 2013 at 22:04 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | @quantum: The main CPU probably gets the power button as input when it is running. That allows it to shut down gracefully. The button signal also goes to the power supply, which has a little bit of itself powered up to receive the button signal, then power itself up the rest of the way and start the main processor. | |
| Apr 7, 2013 at 21:59 | comment | added | quantum231 | so that means some smart device other than the intel dual core CPU on the mother board is waiting for the power button to be pressed? I just find these type of switches to be rather intriguing. | |
| Apr 6, 2013 at 23:09 | history | answered | Olin Lathrop | CC BY-SA 3.0 |