Is it possible to power on Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2019) without touching the laptop itself?
Giving a rundown on my setup, I use the laptop as a desktop and am going for a super clean minimalistic desk. The laptop is mounted to the underside of my desk via a 3D printed cradle I bought off of Etsy; shout out to Daniel over at 5D Print Factory, and the laptop remains plugged in at all times.
Ports:
- 1st USB-C/DP used for my external monitor
- 2nd USB-C used for ethernet via an adapter that has a USB-C passthrough that is currently unnoccupied.
- 1st USB-A used for externally powered 4-port USB-A hub, from which my external keyboard is plugged in
- 2nd USB-A used for wireless mouse dongle
I was wanting to set my keyboard to power on my laptop via USB, but Asus seems to not allow me to access that power option via the Bios, nor can I find it amongst the many Windows-10 menu settings ie. Control Panel, Device Manager, etc. I also don't want to leave my laptop in a an always on state, as I do not believe it would be good for the device over time.
I'm wondering how I might bypass this issue without having to resort to something of a gimmick such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSsqOQH4LQQ
If anyone knows of a reasonable solution, please let me know. If it's impossible, I will have to be more forward thinking when I make my next purchase.
Thank you all for your time.
Edit 1: People seem to be giving information that relates to changing APM settings through the BIOS, but APM is not present in any way shape or form. I have concluded for now that WoL and turn-on via external keyboard will not work with my laptop (as someone outside of this forum had suggested to me). I'll continue searching, but for now, it seems I may be simply stuck with having my laptop in a constant "on" state. Not ideal, but it will have to do. Thanks everybody.
You can set the system to turn on when power is connected to it. Then setup a normal electrical switch near the keyboard to turn the power on.
So no need to do the gimmick in the video, just set up a normal electrical switch.
You might have to keep a folded paper between the laptop screen and keyboard so it doesn't detect at screen closed. Personally I use a eraser for the setup.
Turn on when power is connected, setting can be found in the bios