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Mintbox2 Wake On Timer
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 3:21 pm
by IntensePC_User
Hello,
The mintbox2 is marketed as having:
Auto-On
Wake-on-LAN
Wake-on-Timer
PXE Boot
Watchdog
I am particularly interested in the Wake on Timer feature as the Intense PC doesn't have this.
I just purchased a mintbox2 on amazon and while it does have a different date on the BIOS than the IntensePC BIOS, I still can't find a Wake on Timer setting. Can you point me to the location of this functionality?
Thank you.
Re: Mintbox2 Wake On Timer
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 3:14 pm
by IntensePC_User
Can someone from Compulab comment on this, please? If it's not an actual feature, just let me know. Non-response is much worse that a negative response.
Thanks.
Re: Mintbox2 Wake On Timer
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:45 pm
by mbirger
Please refer here - all the information is on our wiki:
http://www.fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fi ... ctionality
Re: Mintbox2 Wake On Timer
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 2:11 pm
by IntensePC_User
Thank you mbirger for your response.
Your product page is a bit misleading. Everything else in the list I copied from your product page are typical BIOS features. Why would a windows feature be included in that list?
Using Windows to wake the PC is only possible from a sleep or hibernate state, not from a shutdown state. See my earlier forum inquiry here:
http://www.fit-pc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=4837
I see that the IPC product page also includes the Wake-on-Timer functionality. I had not seen that listed before today, and I know full well the IPC doesn't boot at a specified time from the current BIOS.
I suppose I was overly optimistic that an updated BIOS for MB2 would include such functionality.
Thanks again for your response, things are clearer now.
Re: Mintbox2 Wake On Timer
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:09 am
by mbirger
Wake-on-Timer is not a BIOS feature, but general purpose OS features, operational with external 3rd party tool suggested in the wiki.