turn on pc via bluetooth keyboard

[ilk]

can I power on PC with a Bluetooth keyboard? Any idea if it could work? (dongle or integrated receiver)

 

[Brantyn Gerik]

As it stands there is no way to completely turn on the pc without physically plugging the "power" button into a physical switch that would be located near your keyboard instead. you are stuck with using the power button. Asrock motherboards can wake from usb, but that's about it.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

I have 2 year old ASRock mobo. It's supports "any key power on" but only if the keyboard is a PS/2 model, so I use a PS/2 one.

PS/2 is also the only keyboard type which guarantees access to BIOS Setup or Boot Device Menu. USB ones don't necessarily work for that. BT keyboard definitely not as it requires BT driver which doesn't load until Windows starts.