Yes, this is a bios feature. Some motherboards also have a jumper that
you can (un)set to deturmine the state after power restore. Usually
choices are, always on, always off, or restore previous state (the one I
use when available).
If these options are not provided (and a BIOS update doesn't add them). I
saw a hardware hack mentioned on slashdot a while back that involved
connecting two pins of the ATX power connector together to provide an
always on setting. Sorry I don't remember which two pins.
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, James Sutherland wrote:
> This seems to be a BIOS-controlled "feature". Early Abit BP6 motherboards
> would always remain switched off when power was restored; one of the
> recent BIOS upgrades added an option to the BIOS setup offering a setting
> for the board to power up immediately power is restored. The same should
> be true of other boards, I think?
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