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power on wireless keyboard
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:46 am
by claudio
I have a t60p 2007 hooked to an external LCD and wireless keyboad.
I would like to turn it on from my wireless keyboard. I cannot find any sort of "power on usb" option in the bios.
Is there any way to power on the laptop without opening the lid?
Thanks,
Claudio
Re: power on wireless keyboard
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:02 am
by Harryc
claudio wrote:Is there any way to power on the laptop without opening the lid?
Thanks,
Claudio
Sure, get a dock and use the power button on the dock.
Re: power on wireless keyboard
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:07 am
by claudio
mmm...ok....i should have asked for a solution that does not imply buying new hardware
i've seen some bios with a power on usb option, but my laptop does not have it. is there any hope for me?
cheers,
claudio
Re: power on wireless keyboard
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:08 am
by Harryc
You can do wake on LAN, but the magic packet would have to be sent from another machine.
Re: power on wireless keyboard
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:40 am
by claudio
so i guess there's no hope... that is weird though as some ibm desktop do support power on keyboard.... oh well...
thanks,
claudio
Re: power on wireless keyboard
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:21 pm
by PhilD
Harryc wrote:Sure, get a dock and use the power button on the dock.
i'll second this, a dock is well worth the investment. sometimes you can find one in the scratch-and-dent section of Lenovo's outlet for a really good price...