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VGAdeadcafe

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 00:57 Post subject: I want my PC to power on externally	Quick Quote Quote

OK, so my keyboard and mouse are both USB, so my BIOS option to wake from "PS2 keyboard" and "PS2 mouse" doesn't work. (I have a Logitect g15 keyboard and a Logitech mx518 mouse) How can I power on the PC without using the power button ? I can't find any other BIOS option that sounds useful.

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 01:01 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

you turn your computer off? asus z170-A \|\| core i5-6600K \|\| geforce gtx 970 4gb \|\| 16gb ddr4 ram \|\| win10 \|\| 1080p led samsung 27"

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 01:06 Post subject:

nouseforaname wrote:

you turn your computer off?

Yes, I got to sleep and it's noisy. You new age always-running-PC junkies.

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 01:34 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Why not use a USB to PS2 converter? It should work. My IMDb Ratings \| Fix NFOHump Cookies \| Hide Users / Threads \| Embedded Content (Videos/GIFs/Twitter/Reddit) \| The Derps Collection Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

VGAdeadcafe

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 02:43 Post subject:

iNatan wrote:

Why not use a USB to PS2 converter? It should work.

Heh, I forgot I had one of those adapters. Found one, but I set the option to "power on by PS/2 mouse" and it doesn't power on when I click the buttons. Wtf.

But at least I freed a USB port, lol, so I'm gonna leave it on the ps/2 port

Any other suggestions ?

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ManMountain

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 06:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Don't know what motherboard you have, but to make it work here I just had to change the BIOS option for Power on by keyboard to "keyboard 98".

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moosenoodles

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 11:08 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

why would you want to do this I have to ask myself lol.. you dont like to push button on pc nah? http://www.speedtest.net/result/4302967033.png

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shole

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 13:29 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

note that keyboard usb-ps2 and mouse usb-ps2 adapters are NOT the same i have my keyboard on ps2 through an adapter for just this reason.. i like booting up by just poking my keyboard you should also see to windows device manager and the keyboard/mouse device, so that it's allowed to wake the machine on some systems it is not allowed as default setting

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ManMountain

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Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 18:12 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

My PC is always on, aside from scheduled tasks I've set to waken it, I have my PC set to power down into sleep state at 30mins. I like awakening it to power back on in 5 seconds rather than wait for a complete system boot.

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