External power up?

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:44:35 +0100, "MarCO" <mac@email.it> wrote:

>Hi,
> is there a way to power up a laptop by USB devices?
>I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo m1420 and I would like to use it without
>open the top of the notebook when I'm at home. I have USB mouse and
>keyboard and my home lcd, but I must open it to press the power key.
>No way by BIOS settings.
>Is there something to enable "secrets" options in the BIOS?
>Otherwise another way to realize my idea?


Depends on your machine. Go to your bios Power Management screen, if
you see something like USB wake then yer golden, else nope.

You can always wake up the notebook via the power switch you know. Go
into Control Panel->Power Options->Advance. Select STANDBY when power
button pressed.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

MarCO wrote:
> Hi,
> is there a way to power up a laptop by USB devices?
> I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo m1420 and I would like to use it without
> open the top of the notebook when I'm at home. I have USB mouse and
> keyboard and my home lcd, but I must open it to press the power key.
> No way by BIOS settings.
> Is there something to enable "secrets" options in the BIOS?
> Otherwise another way to realize my idea?
> Thanks.
> Bye
>
> Marco

Sometimes there's a hot-key powerup in the bios. But I think you'd have
to go to a ps2 keybaord to make it work.
mike

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