From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 22:27:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C2A37B401 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 22:27:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fep2.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E599F43F75 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 22:27:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bjlockie@lockie.ca) Received: from localhost.lockie.ca. (d141-149-99.home.cgocable.net [24.141.149.99]) by fep2.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC1CB4A8 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 01:27:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lockie.ca (bob.lockie.ca [10.0.0.10]) by localhost.lockie.ca. (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4E5R9t6005030 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 01:27:09 -0400 Message-ID: <3EC1D3AD.9050509@lockie.ca> Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 01:27:09 -0400 From: Bob Lockie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030513 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <20030514070519.E68371-100000@hippo.cis.vutbr.cz> In-Reply-To: <20030514070519.E68371-100000@hippo.cis.vutbr.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ATX boards and restart after power failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 05:27:11 -0000 On 05/14/03 01:17 Ivo Hazmuk spoke thusly >>I have an Asus P5A r1.04 mainboard that I want to use for a server but >>it does not reboot after a power failure. >>r1.06 of the P5A does but that doesn't help me. >> >>Did anybody find a work around? >>I've contacted Asus but I expect them to just say that I am out of luck >>with the revision board that I have. > > > I know another ATX motherboards without this option in BIOS. With one > friend we prepare hardware patch independent on MB. It's based on > single chip processor. We used this "complicated" solution because if > you start ATX computer you need push power on button for time less then > 4s. When you push power button longer, computer power down. Processor > control timing. > > If you want describe functionality exactly I can try. > > We use this in two servers many years without problem. > > Now I have 5 or 6 pieces of this card. If you want I can send it to you. > But I don't know the cost. It was about 60 US$. Do you mean it costs $60USD to build the circuit? I don't know if the mainboard is worth $60USD anymore. :-)