[Richie]

Great breakdown Richie. So removing the ram reset this for you eh? Do I plug back in after removing the ram or does simply removing it and putting it back in reset?

Yes, for me found removing the ram (with the power unplugged) then putting the ram back in allowed it to power on from the button. I have a remote working via CIR, so I don't even have to do that now, I just use the remote power button.

Here's a question for people having suspend/shutdown issues.

According to SPCR this thing uses 6W at idle. Even in suspend/shutdown the PSU will waste a watt or so. So shutdown/suspend maybe saves a kWh every week or so

I know we all love to save money and planet and all, but why bother with shutdown/suspend if it causes so much grief? It might well cost more energy to transmit complaints on the issue half way across the planet than it does to ignore it.

The issue isn't the NUC power draw, I'd be quite happy to leave it on all the time, but I also run a central SQL database on my NAS, and leaving the NUC on causes several issues, one of which is it causes my NAS to stay on. I run a Synology 12 bay NAS, so the power draw is around 130W, whereas in sleep it's about 30W. Not a huge difference, but power is pretty expensive here, so try to reduce it as much as I can, leaving the NUC on is then adding 106W usage that I can minimise.