[SOLVED] MSI B450-A Pro boot on power up?

[drevyluk]

Hi,

I'm trying to get my PC to boot up when I turn on the mains socket (using a smart plug and it would be kind of handy).

I've had a poke around in the BIOS and the only relevant power management settings I can see appear to relate to what state the board should return to in the event it loses power while booted up.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Am I missing something blatantly obvious?

Many thanks.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Not exactly sure how it works, but there is in BIOS under Power Management Setup the setting, "Restore After AC Power Loss". Set that to "Power ON" and see if that works for you.

-Wolf sends

Ref: MSI B450-A Pro Motherboard Manual Pg, 47

 

[drea.drechsler]

Hi,

I'm trying to get my PC to boot up when I turn on the mains socket (using a smart plug and it would be kind of handy).

I've had a poke around in the BIOS and the only relevant power management settings I can see appear to relate to what state the board should return to in the event it loses power while booted up.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Am I missing something blatantly obvious?

Many thanks.

In my B450 Mortar it's in section Advanced/Power Management. Setting is called 'Restore after AC power loss'; set to OFF or ON.

But I think it only functions if AC power is just switched off when the system is on and functioning. Such an inelegant shutdown can do bad things to Windows and any open apps, especially if done exclusively. It's probably intended for a system installed as a server so they restart in the case of power outages.

 

[drevyluk]

Thanks for the pointers.

Believe it or not that was the first thing I tried and it didn't seem to work so I assumed it was indeed only if the PC shuts down unexpectedly.

I gave it another go, given the advice, but let the PC start up after the BIOS change instead of just quitting out and shutting down (after saving the changes). It looks like this does work fine and is exactly what I wanted.

So thanks for the help.