ATX boards and restart after power failure

[Bob Lockie]

> Lol, just got this email just after i sent my last one,. so sorry to use up
> the bandwidth :)
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> Have you tried getting a new firmware revision, it might have support for
> it??

I flashed the latest BIOS, I'm pretty sure it is the hardware that was 
lacking.
I did a search of the web and found a disussion on the list from 1998 
about this problem.
I am hoping that the original person that said he could design a circuit 
to hack it is still on this list.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3155+0+archive/1998/freebsd-hardware/19981011.freebsd-hardware

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Lockie" <bjlockie at lockie.ca>
> Cc: <freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: ATX boards and restart after power failure
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>>On 05/13/03 22:45 Bob Lockie spoke thusly
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>>>Does anybody remember this topic?
>>>
>>>DATE: 10/19/1998 02:35:30
>>>SUBJECT: RE:  ATX boards and restart after power failure
>>>
>>>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.
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>>I wasn't clear.
>>The BIOS setting for this is not selectable because it is not supported
>>on the revision of the mainboard that I have (1.04).
>>It was later added to revision 1.06 of the mainboard but that doesn't
>>help me.