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benefits. Soft power prevents a user from turning off a system before the

operating system has been shut down. It enables the PC to use power-saving

modes that put the system to sleep and then wake it up when you press a key,

move a mouse, or receive an e-mail (or other network traffic). (See Chapter

23, “Portable Computing,” for more details on sleep mode.)

All of the most important settings for ATX soft power reside in CMOS

setup. Boot into CMOS and look for a Power Management section. Take a

look at the Power Button Function option in Figure 7-20. This determines the

function of the on/off switch. You may set this switch to turn off the

computer, or you may set it to the more common 4-second delay.

Figure 7-20 Soft power setting in CMOS

ATX did a great job supplying power for more than a decade, but over

time more powerful CPUs, multiple CPUs, video cards, and other

components began to need more current than the original ATX provided.

This motivated the industry to introduce a number of updates to the ATX

power standards: ATX12V 1.3, EPS12V, multiple rails, ATX12V 2.0, other

form factors, and active PFC.

ATX12V 1.3 The first widespread update to the ATX standard, ATX12V

1.3, came out in 2003. This introduced a 4-pin motherboard power connector,

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