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Solve : turning on my pc automatically?

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Hey guys ! i wanna turn on my PC at night and download some stuff but i can't figure out how to turn it on automatically (win 7, 32bit, SP1 ) ! Help please! Some bios's have the ability to schedule when to turn a computer on etc, does your bios have this?

Also if you have another system running on your network which can send this other computer a WOL request, you could use that to boot it. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/29941-how-to-wake-on-lan-wake-on-wan

Most bios's also support POWER on after power fail. You might be able to use an outlet timer to turn the computer on at a set time, but I wouldnt allow this timer to just KILL power to the system, I'd have a scheduled task to power it down safely/properly. When the power supply registers a power loss later in the day when the system is off, and power is reapplied to the system by the electromechanical outlet timer it might bring the system to life at that time. (*I say might because I have not tested this. Its worth a TRY at $5 for a timer or if you already have an outlet timer to test with. Biggest concern is to ADD scheduled task to have this system shut down properly before the outlet timer kills power to avoid crashing system. )



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