Whats the keyboard power on? password? ctrl-f1?

hello,
i'm using bios 2.4, there's this part in the bios where you can choose how to turn the computer on, or is it only me who thought it was?
by default, button only is selected, but when i chose password, and entered my password, rebooted, the system wont post. cleared cmos, nothing, took off battery, then its okay again. when i tried to choose ctrl-f1, i could still turn the computer on by the power button but not by pressing ctrl-f1
what is it for anyway?
thanks,
edison

'll try to answer the questions I understood from your post 8)
The +5Vsb is part of the PSU specs. If you know what PSU you have, you can do a quick search for it. Otherwise, it may be printed on the side of the PSU- NOT on a STICKER. Don't trust STICKERS. Anyone (including the people you bought it from) can put it there.
In the BIOS, you can only choose one option. Someone else posted that theirs fails sometimes to come on with the password option, so I use the Ctrl-F# (one or twelve, since I can do this easiest :D ).
If you shut down the computer, Ctrl-F# will be able to turn it back on anytime. Even if it doesn't work, pressing the Power On button on the computer will get the computer running again, so don't worry that you're at the mercy of the keyboard :D
Some people have cordless keyboards connected via PS/2. This means you can work with your PC from 6 feet away :D and turn it on and off by just using the keyboard :D
You need the set the "JKBAT" (IIRC) jumper correctly otherwise it will not work.
HTH
BIM2k

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