[OllieB]

Then I could only speculate that your remote does not send the right power on sequence.
If you know anyone with MCE/RC6 compliant remote to try with it?

Last night I played with some of the BIOS settings and guess what....I have managed to brick my NUC completely

The power button does not work anymore (green light on, but no response), wake on lan does not work and neither does the remote. A BIOS recovery (USB stick and jumper) does not work because the power button does not function so I cannot start the NUC anymore.

Have e-mailed the vendor whether they want to replace the unit, or if they insist on trying to or send for repairs, I will try to remove the motherboard from the case (apparently not that easy) to disconnect/connect the CMOS battery.

Strange that the box is designed in such a way that the power button stops functioning when the BIOS is corrupted.