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.
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