How to power-on Swift 3 Ryzen motherboard without attached keyboard?

blap

I'm a big fan of the AMD Ryzen 2500u in the Acer Swift 3.  Unfortunately the keyboard is usuabe for me because it has no travel - one might as well type on a piece of glass.  (oh, most of you do)

Anyway, I have the motherboard working nicely outside the case, just need a way to turn it on without using the acer keyboard's 'power on' button.
Passive cooling is working nicely also  http://files.catbox.moe/116mj1.jpg

Please tell me how to power-on the 2500u motherboard without attaching the whole acer keyboard.

blap

Nope, no such setting.  Turns out there are two ways.

1) Remove battery, disconnect AC power, pull CMOS battery.  Reconnect CMOS battery.  Reconnect power and mobo will boot to the windows partition.   This seems to work with many laptop boards.  It's not a solution for me because I need to preserve BIOS settings.

2) Pull pin 1 of the keyboard connector to ground briefly, and you simulate pressing the power button.

Have a great day everyone!

padgett said:

I do not have a Swift so cannot check but wonder if there is a BIOS setting for power-on restart. That way it would boot automagically when you turn the power on. I have a CB3 with a similar power button that boots when AC power is applied.

JackE

@blep >>>motherboard working nicely outside the case, just need a way to turn it on>>>

Mmmm? This seems like an oxymoron. How does it work nicely if it's not turned on? Jack E/NJ

Ecip

LoL what the.... why not save the money and just get a desktop motherboard, add a CPU, and go from there? What's even the point of this?

padgett

I do not have a Swift so cannot check but wonder if there is a BIOS setting for power-on restart. That way it would boot automagically when you turn the power on. I have a CB3 with a similar power button that boots when AC power is applied.

blap

Nope, no such setting.  Turns out there are two ways.

1) Remove battery, disconnect AC power, pull CMOS battery.  Reconnect CMOS battery.  Reconnect power and mobo will boot to the windows partition.   This seems to work with many laptop boards.  It's not a solution for me because I need to preserve BIOS settings.

2) Pull pin 1 of the keyboard connector to ground briefly, and you simulate pressing the power button.

Have a great day everyone!

padgett said:

I do not have a Swift so cannot check but wonder if there is a BIOS setting for power-on restart. That way it would boot automagically when you turn the power on. I have a CB3 with a similar power button that boots when AC power is applied.

blap

JackE said:

@blep >>>motherboard working nicely outside the case, just need a way to turn it on>>>

Mmmm? This seems like an oxymoron. How does it work nicely if it's not turned on? Jack E/NJ

I could power it up by attaching the Swift 3 keyboard and pressing the power button.

Mpegleris

I have the same laptop with ryzen and there is an option in bios to power on from external USB keyboard... Search in bios and youll find it.

JackE

@Mpegleris   >>>I have the same laptop with ryzen and there is an option in bios to power on from external USB keyboard... Search in bios and youll find it. >>>

So does this mean your motherboard is also working outside of the case like @blap . Jack E/NJ

Mpegleris

JackE said:

@Mpegleris   >>>I have the same laptop with ryzen and there is an option in bios to power on from external USB keyboard... Search in bios and youll find it. >>>

So does this mean your motherboard is also working outside of the case like @blap . Jack E/NJ

Nor to think about it