On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 23:14, Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote: > > You all are missing the point. As soon as the motherboard gets power, it > starts booting. That is how it has always worked.
No, Bret, *you* are missing the point. This is not about the _motherboard_ getting power. It is about the _computer_ getting power: when mains electricity to the PSU is interrupted and then later it comes back again. As in a power cut. This is a standard firmware setting on many PCs, both with BIOS and UEFI firmware. It is usually called “Restore on AC/Power Loss” or “AC Power Recovery”. Here is a description: https://www.technewsworld.com/story/how-to-set-up-your-computer-to-auto-restart-after-a-power-outage-86034.html Here is another: https://www.wintips.org/setup-computer-to-auto-power-on-after-power-outage/ It mainly applies to desktop computers. What it does is very simple. If the computer was on and running and then mains power was lost, then if this firmware setting is on, then when the power is restored, the PC will start immediately without the power button being pressed. If the setting is off, the PC will not turn on and someone needs to press the button. The setting does not usually apply to laptops because if their battery is working, when external power is removed, nothing happens; the computer just runs off battery. What Ladislav Lacina was asking is if it is possible to alter this firmware setting _in software_ by a program running on the PC. As far as I know, no, this is not possible. It would generally be a horrible security hole if it were possible. From DOS, though, possibly yes. There were generic setup programs; here is an example: http://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/bios.php However, this was not a standard generic setting, so I doubt it would be doable without a program specifically tailored to that motherboard. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
