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Re: Software power-off



Alex Malinovich wrote:
> 
> I just got a new motherboard (Abit KR7A) and I'd like to get software
> power-off working on it so that I can keep the physical machine tucked
> away somewhere. The manual makes no reference to APM at all, but it
> extensively mentions ACPI and its full compliance with it. I figured
> this was as good an excuse as any to upgrade to the 2.4.19 kernel so I
> recompiled with ACPI support, but I still can't do a software power-off.
> 
> Should I try APM even though it's not specifically listed? _SHOULD_ ACPI
> be able to do a software power-off on the machine? TIA.

Try looking in the cmos/bios screen at startup. There may be an
option to enable it.



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