I'm not sure whether it really is the same thing or not, but I had the same
> thing with my 7VAXP Ultra board. When I plugged the power lead in the back
> it would boot up. I found the problem in the BIOS. There's an option in
> the Power management Setup menu called "AC Back Function" which I found, if
> set to "Soft-Off", solved the problem for me. I'm not sure if you board's
> BIOS has this function, but if it does try it and hopefully that will solve
> the problem.
> thing with my 7VAXP Ultra board. When I plugged the power lead in the back
> it would boot up. I found the problem in the BIOS. There's an option in
> the Power management Setup menu called "AC Back Function" which I found, if
> set to "Soft-Off", solved the problem for me. I'm not sure if you board's
> BIOS has this function, but if it does try it and hopefully that will solve
> the problem.