On Fri, 2023-11-17 at 14:50 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
Roger Heflin wrote:
No, we both mean use the bios timed wake up to wake up your machine instead of the plug for anything.
Patrick O'Callaghan:
Ah, I misunderstood. I hadn't realised that was even possible.
Way back in the day of my brief torture of Win98SE, I used to explore the BIOS to see what options there were, and which stupid ones were preselected. Wake on timer has been around for a very long time.
I haven't a use for it, but various businesses use it if they don't leave PCs on 24/7. Have the main server wake up by itself before the staff lob in, then progressively booting up each client PC with a minutes delay stops having a sudden mains power load, and staggers things that poll the server for everything under the sun.
The logic is clear. I just hadn't ever been aware of it, thanks.
poc