Any way to boot a PC with a wireless device?

NF7-S · 27 Feb 2017 at 10:13

Hi, I have recently built a PC that boots into steam big picture thanks to the awesome help on this forum

What I'd now like to be able to do (and can't seem to find an answer for) if boot the PC with either my wireless keyboard/mouse or a controller (currently using XBO via official dongle).

I suspect this isn't possible after my search but am hopeful someone may know better?

Edit; Hhhmm...maybe I am overthinking this? What if I didn't switch the PC off - just went into a sleep/hibernate mode? Is there a was to use wireless then?

Thanks in advance

crazypete00 · 27 Feb 2017 at 10:50

you can get a IR module that plugs into the Mobo power jack. so when you send an IR command to it it turns on. cant seem to find any in the UK though

http://simerec.com/PCS-1a.html

NF7-S · 27 Feb 2017 at 11:06

crazypete00 said:
you can get a IR module that plugs into the Mobo power jack. so when you send an IR command to it it turns on. cant seem to find any in the UK though

http://simerec.com/PCS-1a.html

Thanks

Hhhmm...maybe I am overthinking this? What if I didn't switch the PC off - just went into a sleep/hibernate mode? Is there a was to use wireless then?

crazypete00 · 27 Feb 2017 at 12:26

Some sleep modes are able to be woken from USB. maybe an IR remote can wake it. otherwise you can wake it from another device, laptop/smartphone using magic packets/WOL (wake on lan)

Andre · 27 Feb 2017 at 13:14

If you have a wireless keyboard plugged in, most BIOS allow you to set a wake up event based on a keypress (this should even work from being powered off)
Don't know whether they have started removing this from the latest BIOS as it is a few years since I last set this up

Energize · 27 Feb 2017 at 13:55

This ^ or WOL as mentioned above.

Habakkuk · 1 Mar 2017 at 06:03

Check the bios for a setting for 'wake on keypress' - I had an old gigabyte motherboard that had that setting.

(At least, I think it was Gigabyte)