ASRock H87M = scheduling power-on

[paolopiace]

I have a pc with the ASROck H87M-PRO4 board.

I need to do setup the bios such that it turns on at a specific time every day.

I browsed the bios and I could not find an entry for that.
Is it possible to schedule the power-on at a specific time?

If it matters, I am using a Linux OS.

Can someone be so kind to give me directions?

Thanks so much!

 

[jsmithepa]

Search your manual for "WAKE RTC." I dunno whether it wakes up from sleep only or it can wake up from OFF.

Alternately, I think there is a PSU feature where if it senses that it lost power and then re-power, it will boot. Connect a timer to the main.


I don't bother turning off my machine, I just let it go sleep. Sips the same amount of power if that surprises you.

 

[paolopiace]

Dear JS,
Thanks so much. I found it.

It comes with three options: Disabled, Enabled, By OS.
Not sure how "By OS" works, especially with Linux. I need to find out (if you have an idea, pls share)

Selecting "Enabled", it presents a screen to chose HH:MM from the BIOS clock. Each and every day, in that moment, the computer will power up.

PROBLEM: the BIOS clock is way off my time zone. It's 7 hours ahead of the OS.
I tried to adjust it but, at each reboot, it goes back to its own config: 7 hours ahead of the OS.

Do you have any idea on how to fix the BIOS clock?

Thanks again and Regards.