PC power button through IR remote

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Im looking for a way to use my dish network remote to turn my htpc on or off. Doesnt need do anything crazy except hit the power button for me, anyone know of a way to do this?
 
Turning HTPC off with an IR remote is easy, turning it on is not. Need a special kind of IR adapter built onto the motherboard I think.

This is why users use sleep/wake instead for HTPC's.
 
Intel media series boards are the only ones I know of with an integrated IR header on board.
On the bright side, these are good quality motherboards, anyhow.
 
This is the one I use -

http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTE1Ng==

Multimedia Station Basic

fits in a floppy slot and hardwires into the main cable from the power supply to the mother board.

It will switch on from power off ( in my mother board) if it was powered down from the remote

If on the other hand you turn the pc off from the mains and on again ( ie disrupt the power) it wont

The Antec basic can use any WMC remote and comes with customisable IMon software. that controls what the remote buttons do. Pretty neat I think in all.

I tend though to use Standby rather than "off"

It is quite cheap also. It is such a unique product I bought a spare. About 20 UK pounds
 
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Yes, it's possible. I used a Teensy to do it:
http://mechanicalphilosopher.blogspot.com/2011/07/remote-power-switch-for-computer-part-1.html
http://mechanicalphilosopher.blogspot.com/2011/07/remote-power-switch-for-computer-part-2.html

But it's overkill and I really just did it as an excuse to learn some basic electronics & Arduino programming. Easier is to get one of these:
http://www.simerec.com/PCS-2.html

I find it really useful if you are the sort of person (like me) who doesn't like leaving PCs on, even in sleep mode.
 
well my media centre uses sleep mode/standby and is none the worse. I havent noted any problems.

Oh by the way some TV tuners ( eg compro videomate E700) will also turn the pc on & off
 
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