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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:01:26 -0700
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On 20 Apr 99, at 20:17, Dean Kukral wrote:

> Perhaps with an AT computer this would work, but
> I don't  **think** it would work on an ATX.
>
> The only way I can see that this would work, is if
> the computer went into a low-power standby
> condition rather than actually turned off.

  Actually, on an ATX the front-panel power switch goes to the motherboard,
where some low-power piece of semiconductor magic tells the power supply to
turn on.  So this kind of feature is actually much *easier* to make work on
an ATX than an AT system where the power switch controls the current directly.


David G

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