Re: Need to integrate NIC w/ Power

These Dimension 4700 PCs are going to be used in an upcoming museum
installation. We have a total of 30-ish PCs (14 Dimension 4700's and
the rest are Optiplex PCs) that will be used for video, interactive
stuff.

I was able to grab a 3Com NIC from our stock and stick it in the system
only to get the ACT and PWR lights to come on, but was unable to get it
to boot from the Magic Packet utility. This is fustrating to me
because I'm sure that my boss wants to have these puppies WOL and not
set to auto turn on. We have no PXE server and the exhibit most likely
will not. I will check with him and see what he says.

Any other advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

-BP


S.Lewis wrote:
"BrachPhotography" <brachphotography@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Read the title. I've got 15 Dimension 4700's and they all MUST be able
to Wake On LAN, but with the Magic Packet utility I've been using, it
will not boot from a cold stage (completely powered down, not standby
or warm boot). On other systems when you plug in the net cable into
the onboard NIC, the lights turn on to indicate the NIC has power.
(assuming the power cable is already plugged in and the fans/ABCD
lights illuminate that the system's power supply is good). However my
situation is different since the system will not boot from a cold
stage, but it can be awakened from the Stand By mode.

Is there any way possible we could integrate the NIC to recieve power
once the power cable has been plugged in since the system should (and
doesn't at the moment) just briefly run the fans and illuminate the
ABCD lights) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-BP



http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4700/sm/syssetup.htm#wp1052347

I take it that it would be no help to have the systems timed to "auto on"
w/o the magic packet? As you've pointed out, that machine is only designed
to WOL from standby or hibernate.

I'm not entirely surprised, as this is a function I'd expect to more likely
be needed in an Optiplex model.


Stew

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