Asus A7V133: Automatic Power Up don't seem to work

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Ted Starker

Hi everyone,

I search through all of the newsgroups but couldn't really find an
answer!
I enabled the option for automatic power up (set to 8:00 am,
everyday), but it doesn't work at all.
It's the newest beta BIOS 1010, but 1009 (final) doesn't work either.

Anything I can do to make this work?

Thx,

GOATimes
 
Did you read the text in the A7V133 manual about this option?
(It mentions the automatic power up doesn't work when the computer has
been closed down by an ACPI enabled O/S.)
 
I don't know the consequences of switching off ACPI, may depend on the
flavour of Windows you are running.
Maybe switching the computer off using the powerswitch instead (after
closing down running software/saving data) will only cause Scandisk to
run (even that could be avoided) and result in a startup at the time you
want.
I didn't try that!
 
As eric said, depends on the version of Windows. If you disable
ACPI, that means your back into IRQ/DMA hell, and you could run into
issues. I also think you have to reinstall the OS if win2k/XP.

Is there a really good reason why you want to power up then? Or are
you just lazy to press the switch? ;)
 
(e-mail address removed) (Ted Starker) wrote in
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:
That means, I either have to switch to Linux or I change Windows to
non-ACPI. Is this going to effect the way Windows will behave?
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Or use a very simple timer.


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It isn't that simple.
This will only result in the power supply receiving electrical power and
the mainboard receiving standby power from the power supply.
This is the normal condition before the momentary on/off switch is operated.
In other words an ATX board is under power as long as the power supply
supplies power but only starts when the momentary switch has been operated.
So you need a "simple timer" that acts as momentary switch.
 
It isn't that simple.
This will only result in the power supply receiving electrical power
and the mainboard receiving standby power from the power supply.
This is the normal condition before the momentary on/off switch is
operated. In other words an ATX board is under power as long as the
power supply supplies power but only starts when the momentary switch
has been operated. So you need a "simple timer" that acts as momentary
switch.
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It's my fault, I was answering with a response elsewhere in this thread in
mind.

IIRC the bios on my my Asus mobo has a setting "autoresume after power
loss". As indicated elsewhere in this thread, this only might lead to an
extra scandisk run, So if you don't shut down your PC in a regular way, but
just by similating power loss through the on-of setting on the switch, it
could work with a simple timer clock.

But you're right, it's a lousy bypass.

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