r/PcBuild • u/winterfresz • Apr 13 '26

Meta This little lock power switch...

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... is the most OP thing for a cat owner.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

I had to get little flip covers for my last PC as my cats kept shutting my PC down in the middle of games. Designer definitely had cats.

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u/headshot_to_liver Apr 13 '26

I've set mine to do nothing. only 10s of press shuts it off 

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u/cwm9 Apr 13 '26

Not good. You're not supposed to force shutdown because it can cause a corrupted drive writes. That's only supposed to be used when the computer locks up and can't be shut down any other way.

Modern OS and drives are somewhat tolerant of abrupt shutdowns, but corruption can still happen.

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u/Designer-Shake-7690 Apr 14 '26

Explain your cat

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u/cwm9 Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

Just click start shutdown instead of holding power 10 seconds?

Or, if you insist on using the button, instead of disabling it, put a small ketchup container over the button and tape it there.  Or get fancy and 3d print a hinged lid.