sure would be nice if the BIOS had such an option . thats why im looking
into alternatives.

"Gary Tait" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 01:13:52 GMT, "Rob" wrote:

i have a laptop that i want to rig to power on when i start my car. the
only thing i can think of (short of rewiring the power switch) is it
supports wake on ring from an external modem connected via the serial
port.
it will wake on either a ring indicator or power mgmt event. any
thoughts
on how to generate one or if there is a product i can feed 12v to that
generate one?


Set the BIOS to turn on when poer is applied.