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daveinpoway
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daveinpoway

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Graceful shutdown using the Power button

I don't know if this applies to Windows (never tried it), but some systems have the ability to gracefully shut down a Linux program (in my case, a Linux-based firewall) if the Power button is momentarily depressed. I assume this feature is a function of the motherboard and is not related to which CPU chip is installed.

Without trying the actual system or calling the motherboard manufacturer, is there a way to know if a system has this capability? I suspect that the answer is "No", but perhaps there is a way.

Some motherboards have connections for a Reset switch, but this is not the same thing, since the Reset immediately shuts down the program without waiting for unfinished operations to complete.

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This is a function of ACPI
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad ··· nterface

It's been around since 1999. And yes Windows takes full advantage of this. »www.intersil.com/content ··· 9846.pdf
daveinpoway
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daveinpoway

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Thank you.