In article <[log in to unmask]>, Chris Salter
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>System management mode.
Ah!
Thanks Chris - answer came almost before I had posted the question.
> The
>name of the manufacturer of your PC would help
Contessa (and I thought they sold lingerie)
>as what pressing the
>button actually initiates is likely to be manufacturer/model dependent.
No idea as to other spec!
It was an ex-demo model from Curry's this am - intended to provide
youngest with a PC, but in fact the spec seems higher than that my
eldest has so a general musical-computers game has been played in our
household this afternoon ...
I seem to have ended up with the best :-)
>My best guess is that it will simply enter a power saving state.
That seems likely - it is under the main power switch, with another
labelled reset further down.
>CAUTION: These *are* only educated
>guesses. Perhaps it initiates 'system mega-meltdown'! ;-)
... and for that reason I have refrained from carrying out Trefor's
suggestion!
--
Katie
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