Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:02:22 -0400 From: "Ben Goodwin" <ben@hamsterville.ultranet.com> To: "Jim Shankland" <jas@flyingfox.com> Cc: <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Motherboard comparisons Message-ID: <00b701be9b5a$b11296e0$174f06d1@hamsterville.ultranet.com> References: <199905101939.MAA01888@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
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It depends on the motherboard. Check the bios settings to see if there's a setting for what to do when power is restored to the motherboard. Often you can set it to "last state", "always on", and "always off" -=| Ben > Can the ATX version of this board be configured to turn itself > back on after a power failure? We found the Asus P5A could not, > which makes the board useless for server operation, in my > opinion. (Yes, I know servers should be on UPS's, but sometimes > they just aren't, and UPS's can fail, and there's nothing like > having to have somebody drive 50 miles to a remote site at 3 > a.m. because there was a 30-second power failure, and now your > server is off until somebody goes and presses the soft "on" > button.) > > We're considering reverting to the AT form factor because of this > stupidity. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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