• c10l@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What’s the use case for PoE? If the mobo can’t supply energy, there’s not much you can do via this device, right? What have I missed?

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      2 months ago

      The network port on the KVM will connect to a switch (which can provide PoE, potentially), not to the device it’s managing.

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        2 months ago

        Sure but if there’s no power on the mobo, the device can’t do anything. Even if it sends an ACPI on signal, there’s no power. 🤷

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          2 months ago

          Pretty sure you still connect the kvm card to the motherboard power button jumpers so you can power on the computer remotely. That’s how the non-pcie version does it.

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          2 months ago

          At least you would know that the KVM is responding even though the computer is not, so it’s more likely a hardware issue than a network one