I want my PC to turn on automatically when power is connected

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I want my PC to turn on automatically when power is connected. This is not for turning on after a power loss but so when I remote control the power socket the pc can be turned on from a distance without someone being needed to press the power button.

Edit: I do not want to resume previous power state, my reasoning for doing this is so that my raspberry pi controlled extension lead can both turn on the mains and turn on my pc (without the raspberry pi being connected to the power switch on the pc) so that from there I can remote desktop to my pc. All the research I did on this only came up with resuming power state, I couldn't find any other information Wake On Lan is also a possibility and is another way I could turn on the PC from the raspberry pi, but not the solution I want.

Froodle

Posted 2015-10-10T22:25:24.913

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Sounds like a great idea. What is the mode of the PC you plan on doing this with? – JakeGould – 2015-10-10T22:29:09.777

4Have you looked into Wake-On-LAN? – Simon Verbeke – 2015-10-10T22:32:41.093

1Welcome to Super User. Your question shows little research effort. It reads like an order being placed for us to complete for you. This is a Q&A site. Please read [ask], then update your post with details and a specific question. – CharlieRB – 2015-10-11T00:57:23.640

Not a good idea: if you can turn power on with at the socket, then you can turn it off, possibly during disk I/O. As long as you perform a shutdown (not sleep), and wait for it to complete, there would be no problem, but if you frequently turn the mains off, there is risk of human error. – DrMoishe Pippik – 2015-10-11T02:40:09.953

Updated my post. – Froodle – 2015-10-11T23:30:05.663

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As said above, have a look through your BIOS settings. Most servers and a lot of desktops have an option to turn on when the power is turned on. I know mine does. You usually have the option to "do nothing", "resume previous state" or "turn on" or something like that.

Andrew

Posted 2015-10-10T22:25:24.913

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There is often an option in the BIOS settings to always turn on with AC power is resumed. This is useful for servers, but it is not always present on OEM systems, from my experience.

paradroid

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