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You're on the right path. It depends on several factors. The motherboard, the OS, and anything in between.
The motherboard has to support waking up from a USB device. For example a Key press.
The OS has to be properly configured to support this feature also. Most of the time when the OS is shutdown for a suspend or hibernate, these features are generally not turned on. This could be one explanation as to why the computer didn't turn back on when a key press event occurred.
The remote, and receiver would also have to work in conjunction with the motherboard and OS to turn on the system out of a sleep state. If you press a button on the remote that doesn't mean that a key press will be received on the USB Bus in order to turn the unit on.
There are a lot of variables involved.
I think a DIY project would be a heck of a lot more fun than playing with config files. In order to turn on an ATX standard machine all that is needed is to complete a circuit for a short time.
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Novin,
this seems simply too good to be true! Do you have one of those? Does it really work as advertised? Tks for this valuable piece of information!
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The Zalman HD-135 case has a hard power on and off as well from the remote. It is the Mplay Blast by VLSystems. Which can be purchased as a 5.25" insert as a standalone unit it also offer fan control for two devices.
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Can´t find and online shop for this origen ae in Europe. Any clues?
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
This IR 110 receiver looks quite good indeed. But in this case, we need to purchase a complete new set, and it's also questionable how to get it in Europe.
My preference would be:
- Do it without any additional hardware, just config. (In my case, the receiver gets power for sure, as it is blinking, when any button pushed, so there should be some trick to wake the PC)
- If it is not possible, then a DIY hack for the default MCE Remote would be great. (to connect it "somehow" to the power header of the MB for example)