From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: December 30, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: adding a reset/restart button?
>
> Leo,
> Can you please tell me if the "reset/restart" capability in a computer
> is controlled by the BIOS, Motherboard, hardware, software or???? I
> have an Acer-Aspire with no reset/restart button and no "hold for
> xx-seconds" for same on the power button. It sometimes completely
> freezes up and the only way to get out of it is to shut down then power
> back on since nothing on the desktop works. I have searched for this
> but, so far, have not found an answer. I contacted Acer support to no
> avail.(There is a BIOS upgrade available but they recommended
> contacting Acer since it is specific to their machine)Any information
> or direction you may be able to provide on this annoying issue would be
> greatly appreciated.
If I understand what you're asking for, yes, it's a hardware and bios
thing. It's not something that you could, for example, add to a machine
that doesn't have it, I'm afraid. A machine either has a reset button
or it doesn't. It either has the ability to do the 10-second reset thing
or it doesn't.
(Caveat - ok, yes, a hardware geek could whip out a soldering iron and
add one - but it'd be a very non-standard and warranty-voiding piece of
work :-).
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Thanks for asking,
Leo Notenboom
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