Re: Re: [whine] "Power down." vs "System halted."

[David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>]

Quoting servis@purdue.edu (servis@purdue.edu):
> *- On  3 Feb, trio wrote about "Re: [whine] "Power down." vs "System halted.""
> > On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 servis@purdue.edu wrote:
> > 
> >> >> I belive we now use the POWER_OFF mechanism by default as machines with
> >> >> APM bioses and ATX power supplies actualy do shut off.
> > 
> >    Has anyone else run into this related problem? Basically i want to run 
> > server machines. That means i have them on a UPS. But there are times 
> > when the power is off even longer than the UPS can hold up the system. 
> > So, with the new ATX boxes, the power switch is off! Totally! A human has 
> > to push the button to turn it back on. Does anybody know a way to get 
> > around this new "convenience"? I'd like to be able to buy a new box and 
> > yet have it come back up after the power has been off.
> > 
> 
> Look in the documentation for the motherboard.  Most 'soft power off'
> systems have a jumper that can be set on the motherboard that will
> disable this.

Or it may be even easier if it's set in the CMOS in a section like:

        Restore On AC/Power Loss                Last State
        On Modem Ring                           Stay Off
        On LAN                                  Stay Off
        On PME                                  Stay Off

from one our our more recent machines.

Cheers,

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