Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to JEAN PARROT:

 MMC> 22 Sep 2003, 09:53, JEAN PARROT (1:123/140), wrote to MATT
 MMC> MC_CARTHY: 

 MMC> Hi JEAN.

 JP>   One thing that I just noticed concerning an ATX PS. If I take 
 JP> the grid  power off the system, when I turn it on next time, the 
 JP> putor needs not  a push to start, on the facia switch. It comes on as 
 JP> soon as the wall  power bar switch is turned on. I am right in 
 JP> presuming that the PS has  to be held in a St-by state, thus needs to 
 JP> be "gridded" all the time ?

 MMC> In _normal use_ they should be gridded full time.  For some of us
 MMC> in lightning prone areas, I sometimes pull the plug and keep it 10
 MMC> feet away from the wall outlet!

 MMC> Early versions of the ATX would _never_ come on after the power
 MMC> bar switch was turned OFF.  Newer versions and motherboards have a
 MMC> setting "Automatic Boot after Power failure".  This sounds like
 MMC> your setup, and is considered 'dangerous' by some, including me.  

 MMC> I prefer for the power to come back on and get stable before
 MMC> turning the system back on.  When our power fails, we often get
 MMC> three or more 'surges' or 'cycles' of on - off - on - off - then
 MMC> finally on.  

You have some good points there...

OTOH,  I was sitting here last night,  about 12:20 or so,  and the power
went away and stayed that way for a minute or two.  I saw one
"flicker" of partial power for a second,   just enough for me to
know it was happening,  and then a little bit after that it came back. 
Best I can figure is that they were working on stuff,  and transferred our
feed to somewhere else other than where it had been.

I got to sit here watching three computers doing memory test stuff all at once.  :-(

As it turned out,  I was sitting here and in those cases where I had to do
stuff I could do so,  though I actually spent more time fixing clocks than
anything else.  But if that hadn't been the case,  I sure would have wanted
those computers to be back on and running when the power came back, 
particularly the one for the bbs.  (I get some callers at some really odd
hours here. :-)

As I said in an earlier post,  I like to have the choice as to how it's
going to act.  Do you know if this is the case with most newer hardware?

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