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re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically'
Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 5:27 am
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Posted by TDP (3 messages posted)

even though i'm only 16, dont take what i say with a pinch of salt.

now. older (AT form factor) motherboards have to be switched off when Windows shuts 
down. this effectively turns all power to the motherboard OFF.

newer (ATX form factor) motherboards have what is called "Soft-Power off". this is 
where the machines motherboard still has power going to it when it looks as though 
it is off. so technically, your PC is still on if you have an ATX pc. this enables 
advantages such as Wake On LAN. (i use this at home) and Wake On RING (when someone 
phones you). and of course, it enables you to turn off the pc without touching the 
power switch.

so there is NO WAY of making an AT pc shut down on its own. some ATX pcs don't either, 
as you need ACPI or APM BIOS to use the soft-off feature.

Written in response to:: re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Curt R: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 8:27 am)

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Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (kassab: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 6:55 am)

re: automatic (hari: Mon, Feb 10, 2003, 10:17 am)

re: automatic (Matt : Mon, Sep 22, 2003, 2:19 am)

re: automatic (Donnie: Sat, Nov 22, 2003, 9:55 am)

re: automatic (weavgeo: Tue, Aug 17, 2004, 5:58 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (MAYOR: Tue, Dec 21, 2004, 1:46 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Curt R: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 7:26 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Bobstur: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 8:04 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Curt R: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 8:27 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Debra Crayford: Wed, Jan 30, 2002, 3:05 pm)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Tom: Sun, Feb 3, 2002, 4:46 pm)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Scott Wieduwilt: Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 10:00 pm)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Kevin E.: Sun, Mar 10, 2002, 12:13 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Bryan : Wed, Apr 10, 2002, 2:08 pm)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (TDP: Sun, Nov 2, 2003, 5:27 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Bobstur: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 10:13 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Keith: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 12:35 pm)

Why bother? (Paul D: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 4:17 pm)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Ileen: Thu, Aug 23, 2001, 5:54 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Scott Wieduwilt: Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 9:57 pm)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Mars the Infomage: Wed, Aug 21, 2002, 8:26 am)

re: Windows Power Down Your Computer Automatically' (Glen: Thu, Aug 23, 2001, 1:36 pm)

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