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Old July 25th 03, 07:40 AM
rcm
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Default Case Reset Button Woes

For the past 2-3 three days I have pressed my ATX case reset button by
mistake repeatedly crashing and rebooting my system. I am being just plain
stupid, dysfunctional for some reason. I mean to press the eject button on
my Iomega Zip 250 drive but I somehow stupidly press the reset button which
is exactly at the same level as the Zip drive.

I have been backing up and reorganizing my hard drive onto my Zip disks. So
I end up swapping in and out Zip disks (I have a working set of 5 disks) a
lot in the past days.

But I have gotten into this spastic habit of pressing the reset button like
an idiot. I try to eject the disk from the file menu but I forget.

My question is:

How can I fix the reset button to make it more difficult to press but still
be available for those times I need it?

I do NOT want to disconnect the reset from the motherboard inside.

My case has a small reset button that is slightly raised above the case
front surface. Currently I stuck a Post-It note over it so I can't see to
push it. I was thinking of putting a outdoor hose washer over it to raise
the edges so I can't push it in as easy and maybe see it as a black washer
on a beige case would stand out. I would use double-sided tape to stick the
washer on.

Any suggestions out there? Surely someone must have this problem.
Especially with kids.

P. S.This reminds me of the old Apple II days when you would press the reset
button (top right corner of the keyboard) by mistake playing games.
Somewhere I read in a magazine that this was such a problem that people
would disable it by putting a hose washer under the keycap to make it only
reset with a firm steady push on the key instead of an accidental one.
That's what I did and it worked.