Quote: Originally Posted by sandworm
I think he was looking at some sort of actuator for the laptop button so he wouldn't have to solder it. You could try looking for some sort of electromagnetic pushing thingie <insert technical term here> to depress the button when power goes through the remote.
Ah, my bad... I was reading real quick before hitting the sack last night... well you could use the same circuit, but the two leads that I use that are soldered to the power switch, could go to another relay that powers an actuator/solenoid 'thingy'... that's taped to the power switch...