Power Management & Ipac

[slayj]

I have an ABIT board with power management functions that allow any key on the keyboard to power up the computer.  Last night I finally finished my CP, however when pressing buttons on the CP the Ipac will not power up the computer.  Am I correct with the assumption that the encoder doesn't really work until the computer comes on therefor not registering any button presses?

[Hoopz]

I have an I-Pac 4 and use it to power my pc. 

You may want to check to see if your motherboard will allow you to boot from usb (if that is how you have the I-Pac connected.  My Asus mobo does not, which irritated me but the pc was free so I can't complain.  So I had to plug it into the PS2 port.

Check your bios to see what it supports.

[slayj]

I have tried it with USB, and the mobo will allow it, with no success.  I am really stumped.....  Maybe I need to try it with PS/2.  Another thing to note, the keyboard pass thorugh on my IPAC doesnt work when powered off.  I have to plug my keyboard directly into the CPU to have it work and power up the unit. 

[Fat_Trucker]

You could hack an arcade button directly to the PC power on switch. Its what I did.

Just run the two wires connecting your PC power button to your mobo, up to an arcade button instead of your PC on switch.

It barely even qualifies as a hack as all you are doing is substituting one type of button for another one.

[AndyWarne]

Some motherboards have a jumper which allows USB power to be supplied by the standby power rather than the main power, so that it is always on. This is exactly the purpose of this jumper since a USB keyboard can't power up the PC if itself has no power. Worth a check.
Andy