Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 08:35:30 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> Cc: clash@tasam.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATX boards and restart after power failure Message-ID: <362AEBC2.58C5E0A2@tdx.co.uk> References: <199810190527.WAA28219@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
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Jim Shankland wrote: > Finally, it is possible to design a simple circuit that > simulates pushing the soft-power-on button for half a second or so > when power is applied. We haven't attempted this. (I suppose there's > a market for a solenoid gadget that you velcro to the front of your > computer, and that presses the "on" button briefly when the machine > is powered up.) Hmmm... It wouldn't be quite that bad - If I get time at lunch (I'm at work now) - I'll dig out a few bits and try to set one up on my machine... (You only need 2 or 3 components! - look 'mom - no solenoid's! <G>) > It's alleged that none of this is a problem on Pentium II boards. I've see Pentium-Pro boards with options for these, just not many... > The other conclusion I've reluctantly reached is that people > who design motherboards for a living seem to be muttonheads. Sometimes, but I guess everything can easily be designed badly... (if you get what I mean ;-) ps. If you don't hear from me in say 6 hours, you know what's happened (look for the mushroom cloud ;-) Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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