Howie Hamlin wrote:
> I have several PCs that have ATX MBs that I need to be able to turn off/on remotely. 
> I have an APC Master Switch for
> this purpose.  However, when I remove the power from these systems and reapply, the 
>systems do not reboot.  I did some
> reading up on the systems and found that the 5 volt power is always applied and the 
>12 volt power is not applied when
> the system is in an off state.  The motherboard grounds one of the PS leads when it 
>wants to turn on.  So, I hard-wired
> the ground to that lead and now the sysytem power comes on when I plug it in.  
>However, the system still will not reboot
> unless the MB gets a momentary closure on the leads that go to the power switch.  
>The system uses Award BIOS, BTW.

On any Award BIOS I know it is just a setting in the BIOS itself.

Jochem

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