On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:52:31PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:39:40PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > It's a feature. The ATX PCs are mostly on, even when ``off'' (think > > standby), too. > > Which is a misfeature. Sometimes on a dual-boot system "ATX-off" isn't > enough to reset everything and you have to pull the plug to avoid it locking > up when booting the other OS. It should allow such things as waking up on network activity, etc. You have malfunctioning HW/SW even without ATX :-( > It can also result in damaged hardware if you > swap bits around without pulling the plug. Well, you just have to switch it off first... ;-) Every decent ATX power supply has a /real/ power switch. It's at the back of the PC, usually. Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9
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