I had a problem with the laptop lid so I am using it with an external monitor. I was wondering if there is any way to power on the laptop without opening the lid, that is through ports. Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1525 Some laptops may support this through custom docks, but there is no general way to perform this. From this thread : Put it on suspend rather than off, then wake it up with a piece of semi-flexible "tonge" and insert it between the lids to press a key. Not high tech, but effective and Some laptops I've used were such that they powered on automatically when put in the dock, but not all of them. Also, every dock I've ever used had it's own power button that could be used to power on and off. Another option, if it is being used on a LAN where you have another computer connected is to set up WAKE ON LAN in the bios if it supports it and send a ping from the other computer to the laptop. A bit of a long way around and probably not worth the effort, but it could be done.

You might be able to connect it to your LAN and turn it on by sending a "Magic Packet" from another device on the network. (Make sure you have "Wake-on-lan" enabled in the BIOS, then download an application to send the magic packet. Or, you could remove the screen entirely. Did you go into your BIOS to enable Wake-Up on USB option? Your laptop model has that feature. You can then turn on your laptop by a keystroke through a USB keyboard. There is clearly a way to do this for at least business laptops, because they can be powered on in the dock. You might have to put a meter across pins on a dock while pressing the power button (on the dock) to find out what voltage applied to which pins on the docking port powers-on the laptop. Check the bios on the laptop. You may be able to trigger it to power on from a keystroke, or via wake-on-lan. Or, you can take some office materials and make a basic lever so that you can bump the power switch with the lid closed. Why not set the powersettings to do nothing when the lid is closed, and wakeup on mouse movement.

It is not on off, but it works. I have a laptop like this hooked up to a tv for a media device. The Dell Inspiron is a consumer laptop so there are no docking solutions for this system. The only ways to wake the system is either to configure your BIOS to use wake-on-lan and send a magic packet through the ethernet port (wired) or you can set wake from sleep using USB devices but this won't turn it on from power off condition. Your particular model, Dell Inspiron 1525, has no Dell-manufactured docking station. But hey, you are lucky! Targus has one docking station especially for this model, right here. So the answer is - NO! deassembly and solder some wires, make external button switch to another laptop just live with that some BIOS'es support turning on by keyboard key/combination/whatever.. It's very unlikely that laptop BIOS will have this, but worth checking keep your laptop in standby, wake up by keyboard/mouse this laptop is cheap, same as the parts.

This might not be what you're looking for, but the Dell BIOSes have an option to boot your machine at a specific time every day. Maybe that's a feasible workaround. Why not open your laptop's case and take out the part that tells it whether it's open or close so that it thinks it's open even when it isn't?Outdoor Furniture Mediterranean StyleWritten I'm presuming that its a hardware fault which needs you to power up your laptop without using the Power button.Rubber Gym Flooring MichiganI guess, your power button is no longer working.Prom Dress Stores Nassau County NyIf you can open up the laptop, and get to the power button, you can observe that its nothing, but a puch button that completes an electrical circuit.

This acts as a signal for the internal controller to understand that the power button is pressed.Now, if my memory serves me right, I saw an answer somewhere by Adrián Lamo, how he, at some point of time, had his Laptop or PC (I do not remember correctly) completely open, like skeleton, all organs and the skin separated. He just made the two wires on each side of the Power button to touch each other, and act as the appropriate signal.If you're okay with that, and feel confident enough about opening up your laptop, go ahead, open it up, Attach two wires, one wire on each connection, and take them outside, then, stick them together with some sticky tape, and whenever you need to press the power button, just short those two wires.And, just in case you don't feel confident and/or okay with the idea of shorting two stupid wires sticking out from your Laptop's power button hole, spend some money, and get the Power button replaced. I'd prefer the first choice. one can hide the wires into a USB socket, on opposite sides, and whenever you plug in a USB device, the outer metallic part makes a short between the two wires.

Just, don't use that USB port for anything else. (It might be also mis-interpreted as a Long press.Jokes aside, Go and get it repaired.Written Hey Guys,Actually I can suggest some of the possibilities of turning on laptop without power button, they are as follows.1. Use USB keyboard which is having POWER button in Keyboard itself.2. In Some BIOS, we are having option know as " POWER ON WHILE OPEN LID " , I've have tried once. I'm not saying that every laptop is having this option.  Check if it is not so try with option 1 or 3.3. You could just put the computer to sleep when you're not using it then use the keyboard to awaken it.You need to check in Device Manager that the keyboard's power management setting is set to "Allow this device to wake the computer".You also need to change your power settings so that the laptop is put to sleep when you close the lid rather than power down.If you are not clear then let me know.......These are some of the possibilities of it. Try these steps, if it is working upvote this answer are otherwise let me know..