Re: [OT] BIOS Power On by PS/2 Keyboard

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:20:22 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> > APM configuration has an item "Power On by PS/2 Keyboard" that I had set
> > to "space bar". But I was getting errors on my keyboard. So I bought a
> > new keyboard, which had exactly the same errors, so the problem was not
> > the keyboard.
> >
> > So I disabled that feature.
> >
> > Now what has me stumped is that even though "Power on by PS/2 Keyboard"
> > is disabled, I can still power on the system by hitting the space bar
> > twice. And it seems that the keyboard errors have disappeared.
> >
> > Anyone venture an explanation?
>
> You mean that although you have that option turned off in the BIOS you 
> can still start your computer -from a cold state, not from suspension nor 
> hibernation- when you hit the space bar? And just the space bar or any 
> key?
>
> It could be a BIOS problem, then. Have you contacted Asus for this?

I "always" during the last couple of months power off with 'acpitool 
-S'. BIOS Power on by PS/2 Keyboard is disabled. Then power is turned 
off on the system. Turn power back on, hit the space bar, and the system 
comes back up. Grub-legacy shows its menu and I select the partition 
that was running and that has 'resume=LABEL=6Y080P0.05'. That loads 
everything from the swap space and resumes.

I have not tried other keys, but next time around I will.

I have not asked Asus because I am afraid they will ask what version 
windows I have installed.

This mobo has a weird feature: you can select 'express gate' and get 
access to a linux O/S that gets you access to "the internet and skype". 
I have it disabled and never have tried that.

Hugo