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Stonehedge in reply to @ExTra

Update: It seems because the bluetooth is a part of the motherboard, it won't wake up until the machine has woken up, so I cannot use bluetooth devices to wake up the machine... oh well, nevermind...

A workaround for this would be to use a Bluetooth USB dongle instead of onboard bluetooth I think

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ExTra in reply to @Stonehedge

Yes, I chose this motherboard because of the onboard Bluetooth and Wifi as it's non either equivalent was like £30 less, so I thought why not... obviously, I thought wrong, should have bought the Bluetooth and WiFi adaptors separately... lesson learnt.

So no direct solution to it other than getting a USB Bluetooth receiver, but it's OK, just remember my good mouse is a dual bluetooth / USB one, so will use the USB on that and don't ever try to wake the machine using the keyboard...

Or buy a receiver... or steal 1 from work... There's gotta be some laying around... Surly! I might even have 1 in my work drawers somewhere... I hoard computer cables / adaptors stuff at work...

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Stonehedge in reply to @ExTra

The last Bluetooth dongle I bought cost less than a fiver.

I've always found bluetooth keyboards and mice to be a bit shonky anyway. And to be fair, its not the fault of your motherboard, more your choice of keyboard!

Which bluetooth keyboard is it?

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