Roon ROCK & power cuts (/outages)

[Julian_Berry]

Roon ROCKi3 OS v1.0, Server Software v1.7

Wired via Cat5e

We had a power cut today and the NUC did not restart when the power came back on again. As I keep my NUC in the loft, access is not great, so is it possible to configure it to auto-start when power arrives?

TIA

[bearFNF]

Check in the bios for your NUC.

Can Intel® NUC Mini PCs turn on automatically as soon as a power...

I have not tried it…but worth a shot.

[noris]

Hi @Julian_Berry,

According to others on this thread, you can enable this feature in the BIOS:

NUC auto-on after power loss

I found an Intel support note that I thought others may be interested in. I’ve had a few house power outages after installing the NUC in March, and it would need a press of the power button to restart. The support note At the link below tells how to change the behavior to start automatically after power’s back on in the bios settings. It was pretty simple and worked!

Please do be aware that having power surges can cause issues with the database if Roon does not shut off in a proper fashion. I would advise keeping many Backups of your database if you live in an area prone to power issues (or purchase a UPS).

[bearFNF]

This is what I did. just hooked it up to a UPS to protect it and not need to get at it to turn it back on.

[mikeb]

I can confirm, the BIOS setting works as intended. I enabled it… then on reflection disabled it again. YMMV depending on Core access and power reliability.

To set the Intel® NUC Mini PC to power on whenever a power source is connected:

1. Press F2 on keyboard during start up to go inside BIOS
2. Click Advance > Power > Secondary Power Settings > After Power Failure
3. Select Power On under After Power Failure
4. Press F10 on keyboard to save the changes and exit BIOS

[Julian_Berry]

Thanks everyone; I think I will play it safe and get a UPS; my Roon backups are on Dropbox, so that is safe at least.