# Make my computer boot up automatically... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/make-my-computer-boot-up-automatically/13858 "2006-06-27T10:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/make-my-computer-boot-up-automatically/13858/1 "2006-06-27T10:12:35Z")
I have a server that will soon be in the basement, which I will access via VNC or by actually walking downstairs and using the keyboard / monitor / mouse that will accompany the computer. The problem is, it’s an old computer, which needed a PCI SATA card in order to run a couple SATA drives (which also allows me to have even MORE drives in there when combined with the onboard IDE controller, anyway, I digress). This SATA card wants to take over the booting. Nothing I can find in the BIOS will let me skip the SATA card’s BIOS, and no options seem to only allow me to boot from the IDE drive of my choice. I recently thought maybe I could make it boot from a CD which would maybe run some kind of batch file to make it boot from the C: (IDE) drive. Is that an option? Even booting from CD tends to need human interaction (Press any key to boot from CD…). The way I boot now, I have to wait for the SATA BIOS screen to pop up, hit ESC to get into a little menu of where I can boot from, and choose my IDE drive. I’d like this system to auto-reboot if power is lost, or if I log in via VNC and make it reboot, I don’t want to have to be standing by to press ESC, etc. Any ideas? Links? FYI: Motherboard = Asus A7V133 CPU = AMD Thunderbird 1200 MHz RAM = 256mb PC100 SATA Controller = SIIG SATA-II 150 OS = Windows XP Pro SP2 Any other specs, just ask. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/make-my-computer-boot-up-automatically/13858/2 "2006-06-27T10:17:06Z")
There is a boot order menu in the bios. As far as turning on automagically, depends on the year of the boards. The A7V133 I don’t think has that feature but it might have a header for a WOL (Wake On Lan)… ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/make-my-computer-boot-up-automatically/13858/3 "2006-06-27T10:21:46Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > There is a boot order menu in the bios. > > As far as turning on automagically, depends on the year of the boards. The A7V133 I don’t think has that feature but it might have a header for a WOL (Wake On Lan)… yea i was gonna suggest a WOL ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/make-my-computer-boot-up-automatically/13858/4 "2006-06-27T10:27:46Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > There is a boot order menu in the bios. > > As far as turning on automagically, depends on the year of the boards. The A7V133 I don’t think has that feature but it might have a header for a WOL (Wake On Lan)… The boot order isn’t overpowering the onboard BIOS on the SATA card. I can make the BIOS from the SATA card come FIRST, but it still ends up wanting to boot from my SATA drive unless I manually intervene by pressing ESC. As far as the powering up, I think it has an option to return to last state if power is interrupted - that’s much less of an issue at the moment.