Genie Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 This is bugging me. My son has inherited my wife’s newish, but basic Asus laptop for his school work. Currently he has an ancient dell laptop. It is used more like a desktop and it’s stowed at the side of his desk and connected to an external monitor. When he turns on the power to the laptop at the plug socket it boots up, all good. My work Dell laptop works in exactly the same way. The Asus does not for some reason. I have to open the lid and press the button to get it to boot. Anyone know how to fix this? I have seen there are options to “wake” a laptop from sleep or hibernation with a mouse click but not to boot from a shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 31, 2023 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2023 55 minutes ago, Genie said: This is bugging me. My son has inherited my wife’s newish, but basic Asus laptop for his school work. Currently he has an ancient dell laptop. It is used more like a desktop and it’s stowed at the side of his desk and connected to an external monitor. When he turns on the power to the laptop at the plug socket it boots up, all good. My work Dell laptop works in exactly the same way. The Asus does not for some reason. I have to open the lid and press the button to get it to boot. Anyone know how to fix this? I have seen there are options to “wake” a laptop from sleep or hibernation with a mouse click but not to boot from a shutdown. It's a bit scary that a computer boots when connected to power. It's a fire risk.. You should have to press a button. It's why I buy laptops with a button on the side of the case. "Wake on LAN" is used to remotely turn on a device but not really usable in a home setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 26 minutes ago, limpid said: It's a bit scary that a computer boots when connected to power. It's a fire risk.. You should have to press a button. It's why I buy laptops with a button on the side of the case. "Wake on LAN" is used to remotely turn on a device but not really usable in a home setting. Not sure how it’s a fire risk, lots of devices like TV’s, monitors & phones will come on as soon as they’re plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2023 USB/Thunderbolt docking-stations sometimes have a ON-button on them. Can you use one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Tegis said: USB/Thunderbolt docking-stations sometimes have a ON-button on them. Can you use one of those? I can have a look cheers. It looks like some versions of Asus laptops have a button in the BIOS to make it happen (boot when ac) but not this laptop (and BIOS is up to date). I’ll see if there’s any docks but if not he’ll just have to take it out of the stand, open lid, press power button, close lid, back in the stand. Its a tough few seconds for a teenager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 31, 2023 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2023 54 minutes ago, Genie said: Not sure how it’s a fire risk, lots of devices like TV’s, monitors & phones will come on as soon as they’re plugged in. That's not my experience. I think I might have had an old phone that did, but none of the others. I can configure some smart devices to come on after power loss, but they all default to off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, limpid said: That's not my experience. I think I might have had an old phone that did, but none of the others. I can configure some smart devices to come on after power loss, but they all default to off. iPhones definitely come on when you connect to power. My children’s Samsung android tablets do. TV does. On the laptop though it doesn’t seem possible unless there’s something in the bios (Dell seem to have it, Asus don’t). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 4, 2023 I second the dock thing. We use them for work. They're pretty small so don't take up much extra room, and when you plug the laptop into them it boots the laptop. But there's also a button on the dock itself that boots it too (eg if you've shut it down but haven't unplugged it) Something like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy7211 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 There are different power on options in BIOS. Not sure on your model of Asus laptop, but if you Google the BIOS power on options for your Asus model you might find what you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 4, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I second the dock thing. We use them for work. They're pretty small so don't take up much extra room, and when you plug the laptop into them it boots the laptop. But there's also a button on the dock itself that boots it too (eg if you've shut it down but haven't unplugged it) Something like this 90 quid to save the physical exertion of pressing the power on key! Surely the simple option is to just put the laptop to sleep and set the lid options to sleep/wake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, blandy said: 90 quid to save the physical exertion of pressing the power on key! Surely the simple option is to just put the laptop to sleep and set the lid options to sleep/wake? I'm sure there are cheaper versions, I was just using an example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 4, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I'm sure there are cheaper versions, I was just using an example Oh, I know. I was just highlighting modern kind of wastage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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