Patent ID: 7488911

Claim:
A computer comprising: a main housing having a front wall formed with a mounting hole therethrough; a motherboard; and a switch device including a base disposed fixedly in said main housing and aligned with said mounting hole in said main housing, said base having a rear side, an upright power supply circuit board spaced apart from said mounting hole and disposed fixedly on said rear side of said base, said power supply circuit board being coupled electrically to said motherboard and having a front side surface, a power supply switch disposed on said front side surface of said power supply circuit board, a pressing unit including a transparent actuator plate movable forwardly and rearwardly within said mounting hole in said main housing, and a biasing unit including at least one resilient member and biasing said actuator plate to move forwardly within said mounting hole in said main housing, said actuator plate having a rear side surface formed with a control key, said control key coming into contact with and activating said power supply switch when a force is applied to move said actuator plate rearwardly within said mounting hole in said main housing from a normal position, after which, upon release of said force, said resilient member returns said actuator plate to said normal position, and an infrared receiver disposed fixedly on said rear side of said base of said switch device for receiving infrared signals, said infrared receiver being coupled electrically to said motherboard.