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Re: auto power off



On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 11:40:50AM +0200, Philipp Schulte wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 11:20:14PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> 
> > 3) Make sure you enable APM support, and enable the power off at
> >    shutdown option.
> 
> The option is calld something like "Use real APM mode ..." and I have
> seen a system, where the system would *not* power off if this option
> was enabled. It had to be disabled.
> I think this is one of those options made for "buggy BIOS" and if it
> works without (like it dies here) you don't need it.

Bah; you're absolutely correct.  Sorry for the bad advice (that'll
teach me to send email instead of going to bed :)

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Nathan E Norman                   "Eschew Obfuscation"
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