VIA 693/693A AT MAINBOARD
INSTALLATION
2-2
2.2
AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM
Basically, you can connect either AT or ATX power supply to this mainboard. When
the ATX power supply is connected, there are many ways to power on the system.
Please read the following description for the details.
POWER BUTTON
The power button (PW switch) on the front panel is not only for power-on and
power-off the PC system. When the ATX type power supply is connected to the
mainboard, it can be programmed by COMS setup program and it has different
features. Please refer to Section 3-2 (page 3-12, 3~13) for the detail of function
description.
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KEYBOARD PASSWORD or HOT KEY (
optional
)
When ATX type power supply is used with this mainboard, you may enter your
personal password or a combination of hot key in the CMOS setup program so that
you can use the keyboard password or hot key to power on your system. When the
system power is off, This mainboard has the stand-by 5V voltage active and it will
keep scanning the keyboard status waiting for the correct password or hot key input
to turn on the system power. Without the correct password or hot key, no one else
can turn on the PC system ( neither by the power button ).
There are two ways to power-on the PC system by keyboard, they are “Password”
and “Hot KEY”:
