PC Auto-power-on

[Rather Play Pinball]

I have a notebook (Dell) with an application that I want to auto-start upon
boot. That part is easy. How do I get the PC to auto-power-on when power
is applied (A/C)? BIOS has settings like what do do when you close the lid
or "Wake on LAN", but nothing about when power is reapplied.

Any thoughts? Don't want to modify the power switch, doubt that would work.

Thanks

 

[Nicholas O. Lindan]

"Rather Play Pinball" <123@123.net> wrote

How do I get the PC to auto-power-on when power
is applied (A/C)?

For starters you will have to remove the battery pack.

If it was an old PC then you could leave the power switch
set to on.

The new-fangled computers have a 'soft' power switch(es).
The question then would be what happens when the PC powers
up (or the start circuit powers up) and sees the on-off
switch closed.

Try putting a weight (or whatever is needed) on the on-off
button and plug the PC in.

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[Richard]

Yep, problem is most PC's with a softbutton will turn off that way as well.
But I think most require you to open then close the button contacts once
before that will happen.

If you have wake on modem, you can simulate a signal on the ring indicator?


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"Rather Play Pinball" <123@123.net> wrote

How do I get the PC to auto-power-on when power
is applied (A/C)?

For starters you will have to remove the battery pack.

If it was an old PC then you could leave the power switch
set to on.

The new-fangled computers have a 'soft' power switch(es).
The question then would be what happens when the PC powers
up (or the start circuit powers up) and sees the on-off
switch closed.

Try putting a weight (or whatever is needed) on the on-off
button and plug the PC in.

--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.
Remove spaces etc. to reply: n o lindan at net com dot com
psst.. want to buy an f-stop timer? nolindan.com/da/fstop/

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