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title: Power and startup
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  The player controls power and startup, turns a device on, checks its state and
  diagnoses a failure to start.
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  - id: source-9b45a200653270b5
    title: PC Building Simulator
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Power and startup
    description: >-
      The player controls power and startup, turns a device on, checks its state
      and diagnoses a failure to start.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/interface-pc-building-05.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: PC Building Simulator
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      credit: Claudiu Kiss / The Irregular Corporation / The Irregular Corporation
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        © Claudiu Kiss / The Irregular Corporation / The Irregular Corporation.
        All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'PC Building Simulator: lights and fans in a powered computer'
      alt: 'PC Building Simulator: lights and fans in a powered computer'
      markers:
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          label: Illuminated fans show a powered system
    tips:
      - Distinguish power being on from a successful system startup.
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      - title: PC Building Simulator
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/'
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
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# Power and startup

id: electronic-devices--family-g02
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g02
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g02/

The player controls power and startup, turns a device on, checks its state and diagnoses a failure to start.

## At a glance

![PC Building Simulator: lights and fans in a powered computer](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interface-pc-building-05.webp)

[PC Building Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/) · © Claudiu Kiss / The Irregular Corporation / The Irregular Corporation. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Illuminated fans show a powered system

- Distinguish power being on from a successful system startup.

- [PC Building Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Smartphone; Terminal; Device.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g02-variants"></a>

- Turn on or off. Rule: Start a function or stop the device. <a id="variant-g02-01"></a>
- Perform startup order. Rule: Turn on blocks and switches in the required sequence. <a id="variant-g02-02"></a>
- Charge. Rule: Find a source of energy and take time to restore the charge. <a id="variant-g02-03"></a>
- Replace the battery. Rule: Restore power to a consumable item. <a id="variant-g02-04"></a>
- Restore power supply. Rule: Connect a cable, generator or working power line. <a id="variant-g02-05"></a>
- Distribute power. Rule: Choose which devices will receive limited energy. <a id="variant-g02-06"></a>
- Save battery. Rule: Disable functions and choose between duration and work capabilities. <a id="variant-g02-07"></a>
- Reboot. Rule: Eliminate hangs at the cost of time or loss of the current operation. <a id="variant-g02-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [PC Building Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/) (id: source-9b45a200653270b5)

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