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RE: ATX PCs and AM12
- To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: ATX PCs and AM12
- From: "Dr John Tankard" <john@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:02:33 -0000
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The better motherboards do support a auto power up function, so if the
delayed macro is set ok to power off when you reapply the power it should
start up ok, the only problem is if the shutdown fails you may not get a
clean restart.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Goodyear [mailto:Alex.Goodyear@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 March 2001 15:00
> To: ukha
> Subject: [ukha_d] ATX PCs and AM12
>
>
>
> I currently use an AT type motherboard/power supply as my home
> automation PC which is controlled by an AM12 module. The PC issues an
> X10 command which is interpreted by the CM12 and runs a delayed macro
to
> turn off the PC, meanwhile the PC has shutdown Win98. This setup
allows
> me to turn the computer on and off remotely.
>
> I want to upgrade the PC but modern motherboards seem to be only ATX
and
> my experience with this type of power supply is that you have to
> physically press the momentary switch to get the system to powerup. I
> have read that there is a BIOS setting that will override this if the
> system has its power cut. Does this mean that I can't shutdown cleanly
> now, I just have to pull the plug and hope that the disk cache doesn't
> screw up too badly? What do the rest of you do?
>
> Thanks, Alex.
>
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