Jason Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My WSE12R2 box is on a Cyberpower sine wave UPS and shuts down gracefully when power is lost. However when AC power is restored to the UPS, the Server box isn't powering back on and starting up on its own. Instead I must be home to press the power button. I believe this happens even if I set BIOS setting to Always On if power AC power restored or even last state. Is there something else that must be configured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 What brand server/motherboard is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 It's a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard with Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5-3570k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Do you have the latest BIOS on it? Do you have any of the sleep options enabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Some things to try: 1. As schoondoggy said, make sure it's the latest BIOS 2. Toggle the option "Power On after Power Fail" off then on again 3. Take note of your current BIOS settings and reset it to defaults 4. Re-flash the BIOS again * * I've had an issue with a Gigabyte board that suddenly started to randomly exhibit blank/black screen after it is switched on. I tried myriad of things to try and fix it. Re-flashing the BIOS seemed to have done the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thanks. Will check BIOS. Also in CyberPower's PowerPanel Business Edition 2.6 I set an option under Event Actions > Settings > Shutdown called "Also turn off UPS". Should that be set to YES or NO? I don't see any other power related options in the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I would check to see if the UPS is actually powering up its outlets after a power failure. I would shut down and unplug your server from the UPS. Then I would plug a radio or lamp into that same outlet. Once I confirmed that the lamp is working I would unplug the UPS and let it shut down. Then I would plug the UPS back into the wall and see if the lamp comes back on automatically. This way, you would know for sure that power is getting to the server after a power failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That too. Although, when the OP said that "I must be home to press the power button", I assumed it was the PC's power button he was referring to, which may imply that the UPS is supplying power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That too. Although, when the OP said that "I must be home to press the power button", I assumed it was the PC's power button he was referring to, which may imply that the UPS is supplying power. Very possible. I was just trying to cover all the bases. I think the most likely possibility is the BIOS. If it doesn't detect the return of power and kick the start button then all bets are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I intend to test these scenarios this weekend (starting with the BIOS - AC power always ON) and will echo back with results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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