[ale] ATX auto power-on???

[Keith R. Watson]

At 12:33 PM 6/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Kind of off-topic, but something that might affect many:
>
>Most ATX products (mobo/power supply) have a logical power switch whereas PCs
>used to have physical power switches.  The difference?  With logical, the 
>motherboard is in control, not me.
>
>Also, if (as happened today) you have a power outage, an ATX machine won't
>automatically power up... since the power switch is merely a pushbutton and
>not a 2-position switch, it doesn't "remember" that it was on before.
>
>So, the question is how can I force ATX machines to power up when they
>regain AC and not just sit there looking stupid?

Eric,

The action on power outage is usually set in the system BIOS. Assuming your
motherboard provides this setting.

keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/AIST
Computer Services Specialist IV        Georgia Institute of Technology
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