Booting laptop automatically

How can I have a laptop with Phoenix BIOS and an Intel 2010 processor automatically boot at a given time?

Yktula

Posted 2010-04-18T00:11:43.087

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Maybe. Have you looked? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2010-04-18T00:32:59.893

Answers

If you're using Windows and your laptop supports it, you can create a scheduled task and check the box "Wake the computer to run this task" under the Settings tab.

Hugh Allen

Posted 2010-04-18T00:11:43.087

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That will only wake it from sleep levels. It won't work if the computer is entirely powered off, i.e. turned off or in hibernate. – nhinkle – 2010-04-18T03:26:00.113

@nhinkle: actually most systems support waking from S4 (hibernate), and some from S5 (soft-off). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface and http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup

– Hugh Allen – 2010-04-18T06:20:34.300

You could have another computer wake it via the "wake on LAN" feature in the BIOS. Is this an option?

Nathan Osman

Posted 2010-04-18T00:11:43.087

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+1 for WOL and another PC in the same network with a scheduled task to wake the first PC up. – Ivan Petrushev – 2010-04-18T06:18:34.353