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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2001 2:24 pm Post subject:

Greetings,

I have a Gateway 2000 450MHz Pentium II (circa 10/9 Cool

with 384
RAM operating under WIN98 (original edition).

My system is hooked up to a Kensington Masterpiece Plus where
one master switch powers up the CPU, printer, modem, etc.
When I hit this button I usually have to punch the CPU power
button separately, even though it's also hooked to the
Masterpiece Plus. On rare occasions, the CPU will power up
with everything else.

I don't understand why this inconsistency occurs. It also
happened when I had everything hooked up to a power strip.

Now I'm wondering if I should disconnect the CPU from the
Masterpiece Plus and plug it separately into the wall for
separate access.

I've had significant aborted boots and system freezes for some
time now and am ready to clean install C:. For example, when
I have to power off cold via the Masterpiece Plus, sometimes
the CPU power light goes out, sometimes not. It's weird and
disconcerting.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to resolve this dilemma?
Many thanks.

M i k e

Cat Chaser Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 951 Location: USA

Try this out:

Unplug everything but the computer and the monitor from the masterpiece and see if the CPU will turn on with masterpiece. All those devices starting at the same time draw a litta current..the masterpiece might not be able to deliver all at once.

ALSO..
the power button on your computer is hooked up to the motherboard, so you SHOULD have to press the button to turn the computer on. I would be more worried that the computer turns on with the power strip.

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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2001 3:50 pm Post subject:

Check your ACPI settings in your BIOS. If there is an option for "status after power failure", set that to "On". That way when you turn on the power bar, the system should boot. I can't, however, explain the inconsistency.

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