Re: A8N-E Power on keyboard

In article <ddvm1e$26dj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "BorreBoy"
<borre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Paul" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:nospam-1708050607240001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In article <dduh5n$1n2r$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "BorreBoy"
> > <borre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I can't get my Wake-on-keyboard to work. I've set the BIOS to
> >> wake when I press "Spacebar", but nothing happens. Does it work
> >> for any of you guys here?
> >> I never had any problems with my old Asus P4C800 board.
> >
> > For this to work, the keyboard needs power while the computer
> > is sleeping. Yours is one of the new motherboards that does
> > not have headers for setting the power options. There would
> > normally be a KBPWR header, and you would move the jumper
> > to the +5VSB setting, to get it to work.
> >
> > That would suggest that all your USB ports and the PS/2
> > ports are now running from +5VSB. Do you have some way to
> > confirm that the keyboard is getting power when the computer
> > is sleeping ? Is there a LED on the keyboard that is still
> > glowing ?
>
> I have a Logitech BlueTooth Desktop set.
> When I press the keyboard, the bluetooth "hub" blinks, so the touch must be
> "noticed" by the computer...

Are you telling me you have a wireless keyboard, and it is
plugged via USB ? The BIOS feature we are talking about
is "Wake on PS/2". The 8712F terminates the PS/2 connectors,
and it has waking feature for the two PS/2 connectors. Your
USB ports terminate in the Nforce4 chipset, and I have no idea
whether a wake feature is possible there or not. Certain
companies give little info on their chips, and Nvidia is
one of them.

This is all the info we get about Nforce4 Ultra.

http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20041015990644.html

Looking at this advert for a DFI board, wake from USB is
possible. Maybe it requires BIOS support, like setting up
the chip properly just before the system goes to sleep.
For your "wake on USB" question, perhaps you should phone
Asus tech support, and see if they think it might be possible
in the future. At least this proves the Nforce4 chipset
has the feature inside.

http://www.xpcgear.com/extremepcgear/lputnf4ultrad.html

"nForce4 Ultra (DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D)
Wake-On-Events include:
- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-LAN
- RTC timer to power-on the system"

Is there any possibility of a setting for the USB ports
in the Device Manager ? If the BIOS doesn't explicitly support
the feature, perhaps there is a back door to get at it. For
example, maybe there is an ACPI hook for this.

Paul
.

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