Re: Starting Computer through X10

[ken <omd-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philip Lewis wrote:
> "komobu" <curranpg@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>On Feb 7, 12:16 pm, "bruceR" <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> will find an option to "Auto Restart on Power-Up"  or something to that
>>>  By selecting that the PC will start up when power is applied at the
>>> plug - no buttons to push or wiring needed.
>>
>>Thanks for the idea. I tried going into my bios and found what you
>>were referring to. I set it to "Start Up after Power Restored". I then
>>shut the computer down and unplugged it. When I re-plugged it in to
>>power, nothing happened. I am not sure if there is a mother board
>
> Often that option only applies to times when the computer is on when
> the power is removed. The idea is that an unattended server will
> come on after a power failure.  You "wouldn't want" a machine to come
> on if you had turned it off and then there was a power failure.
> (otherwise you might be providing services that you wouldn't expect to
> be providing.)


i haven't looked lately, but BIOSes often also provided a means to power-up
via a time-event. Usually its hidden under the same BIOS page to configure
power up on IRQ events (like a modem.)
and if only IRQ events (no timer event), perhaps get an old external device
to be controlled by X10 which in turn raises the RING line on a commport. And
then power up on the IRQ for that commport.

no idea if they still provide that, or only just provide the WAKE-on-LAN feature
now days. almost certainly was AWARD bioses. Phoenix bioses and IBM
bioses never seem to give anything creatively useful.

   -k