On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:32:32AM -0500, Tom Spec wrote: > Can anyone tell me what it is within a machine that gets it to boot up again after it has lost power? > > I have some machines where, if we have a power outage it will crash, but then immediately boot up once power is restored. I have others that crash and need to be manually powered on when the power is restored. Is there a name for this feature? Is there a way for me to tell how a machine will behave in this regard without actually yanking the power to find out? > > Thanks, > Tom > > The feature is in the BIOS of the machine and can be configured to work either way. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484