[ale] ATX auto power-on???

[maltzen at mm.com (Gary Maltzen)]

If the mobo has this capability, then there *should* be a BIOS configuration
option letting you set the default action when power comes back on: on, last
state, suspend, ...

-----Original Message-----
 From: Eric Webb <foobar at stargate.totalchaos.org>


Kind of off-topic, but something that might affect many:

Most ATX products (mobo/power supply) have a logical power switch whereas
PCs
used to have physical power switches.  The difference?  With logical, the
motherboard is in control, not me.

Also, if (as happened today) you have a power outage, an ATX machine won't
automatically power up... since the power switch is merely a pushbutton and
not a 2-position switch, it doesn't "remember" that it was on before.

So, the question is how can I force ATX machines to power up when they
regain AC and not just sit there looking stupid?