Sixth mechanism

Posted Jun 1, 2011 7:37 UTC (Wed) by PaulWay (guest, #45600)
In reply to: Sixth mechanism by pr1268
Parent article: Garrett: Rebooting

Since I think he's mostly concerned with ways that the operating system itself can trigger a reset, it's somewhat academic to consider it pulling its own power cord.

And I believe the reset switch toggles a reset pin on the chip, or at least it did long ago. It's a worthy question.

Have fun,

Paul

Sixth mechanism

Posted Jun 1, 2011 9:55 UTC (Wed) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link] (4 responses)

I can imagine ways for a computer to pull its own plug, but... plug it again afterwards? And then push the power button?? *That* is challenging.

Sixth mechanism

Posted Jun 1, 2011 11:53 UTC (Wed) by maney (subscriber, #12630) [Link]

Not if it's connected to a UPS that's got the minimal smarts to shutdown even in the presence of AC, pause, and then turn back on. I could demonstrate that, but then I wouldn't be able to finish thi

Sixth mechanism

Posted Jun 1, 2011 17:09 UTC (Wed) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link] (1 responses)

For some reason, now I'm thinking of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQ5LsNMXZ4

Sixth mechanism

Posted Jun 1, 2011 19:10 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648) [Link]

Nice! Of course, I'm reminded of the famous line "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

Sixth mechanism

Posted Jun 2, 2011 22:38 UTC (Thu) by chad.netzer (subscriber, #4257) [Link]

Some gizmos can be a real lifesaver: http://www.kvm-switches-online.com/iboot.html