Turn on Vostro 1500 laptop w/out opening lid?

I am going to be connecting an external monitor, mouse, keyboard to my Vostro 1500 and was wondering if there is a way to turn it on without opening the lid?

Thanks!

 

Put it in a docking station, the dock will have a power on button.

Or check for a BIOS option to wake up on applying external power (I know the E series has this option not sure if Vostro does)

 

I didn't think there was a docking station for the 1500?

 

You could just use the sleep function instead of powering off. Go to the power options and set it to do nothing when the lid is closed. Also, after you have your keyboard and mouse attached, set their properties to " allow this device to wake the computer from sleep". After doing that , you will very rarely need to open up the computer to turn it on.

 

Thanks all, changing the Bios to allow "wake on usb" and also the sleep settings seem to have done the trick.

Now, I have read where some have said that leaving the lid down could cause possible over heating and premature death. Any idea if this would be the case with the 1500? Any apps to monitor the internal temps?

Thanks!

 

HWmonitor and I8kfanGUI are two applications with temperature monitoring.

John

 

Thanks John. What is the range that I should be around?

Here are my temps. After a few hours each went up maybe 5 degrees:

Hardware monitor
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ACPI hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 46°C (113°F) [0xC73] (THM_)

Hardware monitor
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Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7250 hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 45°C (112°F) [0x37] (Core #0)
Temperature sensor 1 45°C (112°F) [0x37] (Core #1)

Hardware monitor
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GeForce 8600M GT hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 44°C (111°F) [0x2C] (GPU Core)


Hardware monitor
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ST916082 3ASG hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 35°C (94°F) [0x23] (HDD)

 

i'm wanting to use my laptop as a desktop and i have a screen and keyboard etc attached to it but i want to be able to turn it on without opening the lid and i prefer not haveing to get a docking station so do any of u know how to do this BIOS option thing (in steps would be great) so that when i apply power to my laptop, which is a Dell Inspiron 6400, it will turn on?

thanks to any reply!