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  From: MWP <hirm@chariot.net.au>
  To  : David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 01:16:51 +0930

Re: ATX power supplies

You can make an ATX power supply turn back on with the mains.
Youll have to do a bit of fiddling though with the power cables to the
motherboard though.
This means that the power switch on the front of the case will not function
anymore and to turn the machine off, it will have to be done at the wall or
by pulling out the power cord.

I dont have the exact details or guide to do it, but if anyone wants more
info, get back to me and ill make up a step-by-step guide.

MWP


> Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org> wrote:
> > It turns out that MSI boards for ATX power supply do _not_ have a BIOS
> > option to make them turn on when the mains power comes back on. What
> > a nuisance.  This means that ATX power supplies are incompatible with
> > the idea of a server that recovers after the power supply is turned back
> > on by whoever bought the power stations from the capitalist running-dogs
> > who flogged them off.
>
> It's your own fault for buying a machine with an ATX power supply as
> a server.  (You probably knew no better, but it's still your own fault.)
> "I can," (eg use an ATX power supply in a server) is poor justification
> for, "I will."
>
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