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Posted by MameMole on 3, 2001 at 12:45 PM:

In Reply to: Re: What about if you have a new PS that plugs into the motherboard? (nt) posted by Brian on 1, 2001 at 9:32 AM:

...and just wire any 'momentary' Happs pushbutton in place of your present ATX case ON/OFF switch; you can put it in a hidden location if you desire.
If you connect your lamp to a 12v relay and wire the relay to a 12v Harddrive power source from your ATX power supply you can have the lamp, computer, monitor, etc., all come on with the push of a button.

: I do have a soft switching ATX ps. I have the Abit KT7 but I looked in the power management section in the bios and didn't see a setting for power loss setting. :( I'm not sure if I want to try the jumper thing though. :) I'll think about it though. Thanks.

: Game on!! Brian

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: : If you've got a soft-switching ATX power supply - the power is controlled by a signal from the motherboard. You can often find a setting in the BIOS setup to control auto-start. "Boot automatically after power failure" or some such thing. Flip that setting and the machine will start once it receives power.

: : If you don't have that setting, you can jumper the ATX connector where the PS plugs into the motherboard. You want to connect pins 14 (green signal wire) and 15 (ground), which fools the PS into thinking the motherboard has requested a power on condition.

: : Just a word of warning - my machine has the BIOS setting, so I haven't tried the jumper. You do so at your own risk. :-)




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