How are you today Matt ?

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

 It will be from now on, Matt. I just recently gave it away to a good
 friend with the added caution.

 MM> "Automatic Boot after Power failure".  This sounds like
your setup, and
 MM> is considered 'dangerous' by some, including me.  

 I had a good and many looks at the BIOS and I can not remember any of
 this option.

 MM> I prefer for the power to come back on and get stable before turning
 MM> the system back on.

 In Ham radios, there was nothing worst than a "brownout". No transistor
 can survive very long in that condition. I like the laptop where the
 built-in battery is a UPS.

 That system only gave me one problem until I understood what the
 warning meant, the modem was bad and it only stated "PCI Communication
 Device". Took me a while to realise that the modem was the culprit. It
 now has a similar modem as the one in discussion betweem WC and JH. It
 is working wonders now.

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