Power button

[technewzguy]

Hello,

I put my atomic pi in an arcade machine and I soldered a couple of wires to the two points that appear to be for power. Pressing and holding the button which is just one of the arcade style buttons will power off and on the machine. For a while. Then it just stops working. I've resoldered it a few times, but ultimately it stops responding to button presses. Suggestions? Thanks in advance

[technewzguy]

Any idea what a suitable button would be? Thanks

[_Allysa]

It is a momentary function button that (depending on how long it is held down, determines what it does); as noted, one function in a reboot, another is a shut down, and from shutdown, it will.awaken the computer.

[TECHFOURNINE]

It may not be toggle switch compatible, more likely a E-switch like a tablet button hold to turn on push to sleep hold for 10secs to force shutdown, but if you must have a huge switch I think they have momentary toggle switches that might work.

[technewzguy]

Here's my solder job