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Looking for options to turn my PC on remotely.

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First things first:

  • With remotely I mean from within the same building, not from a completly different town or country.
  • Wake on LAN isn't an option.

 

I want to turn my PC on, not just wake it up from sleep, which is why WOL isn't an option.

I have my PC in a different room and all of my peripherals are connected via Thunderbolt 3. Very similar to what Linus did with his and his wife's PC. Sadly it doesn't seem possible to power my PC on with my Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 dock.

 

Silverstone sells a kit for ~25€ to do exactly what I am looking for, but I'm not too much of a fan of the included remote. I could probably hack something together to integrate a button into my desk or something, but was wondering if someone has a better idea. I'm open to basically anything. Just want to get some ideas flowing here 😛 

 

The kit that Silverstone sells:

Bildergebnis für silverstone es02

 

 

 

 

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The only thing you really need is a way to temporarily short circuit 2 contacts.
Hell you could even just run a long cable and a button on it probably.

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backing the "really long wire" idea, if you're capable of sourcing a long wire, a button, and a header, and then to make the 4 related solder joints.

there is no 'practical' limit to the length of the cable going to your power button (and power LED for that matter).

 

i'm probably way overengineering this, but i'd probably just 3D print a pcie slot cover with space for a pin header, make a splitter cable for the front header (you know, so that the case's features still work as well), and then just run a long ass cable from that header to the desk, and mount a fancy backlit power button there.

me being me, i'd add in the vareous power rails, probably front audio as well, and maybe some gimmicks like RGB...

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Use a big stick /s

 

I'm actually gonna second that Silverstone device. Just glue the remote to your desk, easier than running a long wire, trying to hide it etc.

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1 hour ago, HanZie82 said:

Hell you could even just run a long cable and a button on it probably.

 

33 minutes ago, manikyath said:

backing the "really long wire" idea

 

The long ass cable idea is probably the best.

Wouldn't be a problem to source the wiring - I can get that from work. Or maybe I'll use a Cat.3 cable, just to make it look nice. Then I would also have two additional wires for the LED. Yeah I think that sounds good...

 

Edit: lol, if I use Cat.3 I could patch it into my existing patchpanel. Wouldn't even need to run a wire since I have an additional RJ45 keystone jack open here. 😶

 

Or maybe the stick? The stick is very tempting!

 

 

 

 

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28 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Use a big stick /s

 

I'm actually gonna second that Silverstone device. Just glue the remote to your desk, easier than running a long wire, trying to hide it etc.

big stic good idea

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I love the big stick idea, altho with the popularity it's a bit weird tho.

But hey it's very versatile, and if its brown its a good subject for a joke.


"It's brown and sticky..." "I dunno" SMACK, this... 😄

 

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I use PiKVM for my home lab, extremely slick project-- it's a remote management IPMI type platform you can build for around $90 all-in.

 

It has instructions for ATX power control using a breadboard, but I haven't bothered as I leave my servers powered all the time.

 

https://pikvm.org/

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I have used starpup button. I have a 50cm cable with a button at the other and. So when i press the button the pc starts up. 

Also i have seen remote pc starters that work with USB 3.

 

SilverStone ES02 works with 9 pin USB

your remote controller works with PCI slot

 

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7 hours ago, Senzelian said:

That would turn on the PSU, but how does that press the power button for me? 😛 

It would work if you set the BIOS so that the computer wakes after powerloss.

But power cycling a PSU that often isnt the best for them! Nor for your electricty-net.

 

 

Personally i wouldve gone with the simple cable, if anything is wrong its easy to identify.

Also if the cable has to much resistance, you could always just hook up a relay on the PC side and run 12V trough the cable. Which in my experience for low-powered switching stuff can run like 100meter on ethernet cable before its gonna act weird... (Maybe even more i've not tried)

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7 hours ago, Senzelian said:

That would turn on the PSU, but how does that press the power button for me? 😛 

change the bios setting to turn on after AC restored.

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On 2/7/2021 at 7:31 PM, Senzelian said:

I want to turn my PC on, not just wake it up from sleep, which is why WOL isn't an option.

 

Hmmm, wake on lan can actually turn on a pc from standby, so as long as you didn't turn off the PSU it would still work, I've done so with many computers.

 

Otherwise, wire up an esp8266 + transistor into the mobo's power pins and have it wifi enabled.

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