Is there a way to Auto Power on a PC?

[rational611]

I am running a Windows XP SP2 OS on a Celeron 2.0 GHZ with 1 GB RAM. I want to auto power on and shut down my PC when I am not at the computer. Basically I want to schedule the starting up and shutting down of my computer. I know the shutting down can be scheduled, but is there a way to auto power on a computer? Can this be implemented through the BIOS? Will a new BIOS upgrade solve the problem?

My Computer particulars are as follows:

BIOS Date: 05/07/03
BIOS Type: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 05/07/2003-P4M266-8235-6A6LWYKAC
OEM Sign-On: P4M266A-M/MN VER:2.00 05/23/2003
Chipset: VIA 82C3148 rev 0
Superio: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 2 found at port 2Eh
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: Intel Celeron(R) 2000 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 1024 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown
Memory Slot 01: 512 MB
Memory Slot 02: 512 MB
Memory Slot 03: 0 MB

rational611

['Stein]

*Watches this thread as I want to do the same thing*

[Killer_Typo]

i believe you can, you can wake the machine through the NIC card (wake on lan)

let me look it up for both ya!

.....done researching

yes you need whats called Wake-On-LAN

http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/mini-howto/ --miniHOWTO
and sometools

http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/mini-howto/wol-mini-howto-3.html#ss3.2

[Muneer_Shaik]

you can do this using cctk product , which is DELL product. use autoonhour and autoonmin etc

[rational611]

Thanks for the reply. I have already solved the problem. Upgraded my PC. The BIOS is the Gigabyte G31/G33 mobo has a setting through which the PC can be booted automatically at any predetermined time.