First post, by jkamm1985
Does anyone know if APM (Advanced Power Management) cards exist for non-APM boards? If not, can one be designed to enable this feature on non-APM boards? I was doing some work on an old IBM Aptiva 2144-27P SL-C board and installed an extra lead (a purple wire from a broken adapter was a perfect fit here) on an ATX to AT PSU adapter to connect the purple +5VSB pin to a special three pin header on the motherboad to get the board to power on as well as the green switch and black ground pins to get true APM support working on this board. The green connects to red and the Black connects to black on that two-pin connector i used. the green and black wires normally connect to a toggle switch. Doing so got me wondering if such a feat is possible. I understand a controller would be needed for windows to install its APM driver and operate the circuitry. A case that supports the momentary push button "soft on" switch as well as an ATX power supply would also be needed. What do you think about such an idea? Feel free to let me know.