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Deborah Haarsma
| | Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 9:33 am: | |
We have an astronomical observatory at a remote site in New Mexico. It includes a Dell PC (running Windows XP) which we control from Michigan. When the computer freezes up, we can't just drive to New Mexico to push the power button on the front of the box! However, we do have a means (using X10) to send a signal to turn the power strip off and on. For older computers, simply turning on a power strip would start booting the computer, but for this and other newer machines, the computer does not boot - it waits for a human to push the button on the front. Is there a setting in the BIOS that we could change? We want the computer to start booting as soon as the wall power becomes available.
Prof. Deborah Haarsma
Calvin College
http://www.calvin.edu/observatory |
Astorian Man
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 10:05 am: | |
It's in the BIOs - in power settings.
"last state makes it reboot if it was running when it shut down. |
Gary Winkelvoss
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 6:42 am: | |
I assume the PC is connected to a network so you can monitor its activity. You should be able to configure the PC to use "Wake on LAN" technology. YOu will ned the MAC address of the MAC address of the PC and an application that will send a special information packet to the Networkk Interface Card (NIC) that tell the PC to turn on. You will need to configure the PC to respond to the instructions in the packet which tells it to turn on. A few minutes of research on the web should result in all the information yu need to do this. |
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