How to start the computer after shutdown?

Question

Iron

There is an idea to assemble a server computer from a used PC in a country house.
There happens to be a power outage, what is the best way to organize a computer autostart?
Will Wake on LAN cope with this task? Or is it better to fork out for a server PSU?
How to control computer freezes if it freezes tightly?

Answer 1

For autostart: in the BIOS of many motherboards, it is possible to select a mode in which the power will be turned on at ANY power supply, regardless of whether the computer was “turned on” the last time

Answer 2

AC_POWER_LOSS or a similar option: POWER_ON to always turn on, LAST_STATE to turn on only if it was turned on before. and Freezes
- nothing to control except for some smart socket that will break the phase if there is no ping from a computer on the local network. In general, freezes mean hardware problems and should be fixed.

Answer 3

There are several ways in the BIOS to automatically turn on the computer.
By the clock, Wake on LAN, when you turn on the external power - choose any.

Answer 4

And you can auto-restart when it freezes, you can perform usb whatchdog (google the first link to Ali, it may make sense to read the miners' forums, for them this is a popular topic)