Computer startup

[ollie]

Basically i have a computer in another room that i leave on to download overnight. I can only download large quantitys at night as other people use the network in the day, and im also limited to how much i download at peak times. So I was wondering if its posible for the computer to turn itself on at a certain time. Its a piece of piss getting it to turn off at a certain time, but it would be handy if it could also turn itself on, as i regularly forget about it.


Anybody?

 

[f0xy]

yup

when the computer is starting up press 'del' to enter setup.

try and find power options, and itl be in there. most recent motherboards (past 4/5 years) have the option of booting at a certain time on certain days or every day etc.

 

[ollie]

very quick reply, thanks a lot, will have a route now

 

[f0xy]

no probs!

 

[ollie]

Damn, will have to wait until tomorrow until i can sort it, the PC i am talkin about has nothin plugged into it, i connect remotely, and at the moment i cant get access to a spair keyboard and monitor to get into bios :0(

 

[f0xy]

ah well, its most likely going to be in there though so you should be ok. usually has options like... 'every day', or a single day per week or a single date... pretty useful

 

[ollie]

cheers bro.

wish you could edit bios remotely :0(

 

[JoelDee]

Theres also some software which will do this for you aswell if the bios thing dont work

 

[ollie]

Cool, which software is it?