Auto restart after power outage

[Guest]

Hi-
I have an XP workstation that is running some server software. Can someone
tell me how I can set the Power to automatically restart after a power outage
- as soon as the power is returned????
I know this can be done... I just am not finding how! I did try the start
up and recovery setting - checked the box to Automatically restart, but that
did not seem to work???

Thanks in advance for your help!!!
Cindy

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You need to check this PC's BIOS in order to see if it has an option to
resume on power failure. Once the PC looses power, Windows XP is no longer
running and you need to configure the BIOS to restart the PCs on power
failures.

 

[Chris Priede]

Hi,

Can someone tell me how I can set the Power to automatically
restart after a power outage - as soon as the power is returned?

This is not a Windows feature. On computers that support it, it's a BIOS
setup option.

If you are unfortunate enough to not have this feature, you can make it
"always on" by grounding the pin 14 of the ATX power supply. The wire going
to pin 14 is usually green. Cut it a couple inches from the motherboard's
power connector (so that it can be reconnected if needed). Strip off some
insulation from one the (usually black) wires going to the adjacent pins 13,
15 - 17 without severing the wire itself; connect the power supply end of
the green wire to it. Leave the motherboard end of the green wire open.

 

[V Green]

While the other responses here are valid, you really
should be looking at a big UPS to keep the thing
up during an outage, if whatever it's doing is really
that important.