- April 3, 2012
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Hi,
Wanting some advice on a solution to my continued issue with my IR remote. If you look at my system specs under my avatar you will see my entire HTPC rig, but key details are:
- Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H-MVP motherboard - this does not have a CIR header. - refer to here fore more details http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4192#sp
- Coolermaster 525watt PSU
- Microsoft MCE Remote + IR Receiver
- I also have a Harmony 650 remote which I primarily use
- I use the onboard HDMI to output to my AV Receiver (Yamaha RX-V773) which outputs video via HDMI to my LG 42" 1080p TV).
- Windows 7 x64 Ultimate OS with MP 1.6
- I have a lian Li C50 case - this has only 1 external 5.25" bay. No other external slots.
I have tried everything with BIOS settings as well Windows power management, and device manager settings to ensure the PC can wake from sleep via USB. I can wake the PC 100% of the time from my Wireless RF keyboard, however it rarely works with either the harmony or MCE remotes. When I use the remote the IR receiver does not respond - no red light response.
To me I can only guess that the problem is that the USB ports are not providing enough power to support the IR receiver. I have tried multiple ports, etc with no success. While the HTPC is on both remotes work perfectly.
So time to stop playing with software settings and to try something different. I have researched other options and from here I can see a few choices:
1. FORMAT / REINSTALL - I have done this before with no success.
2. Get a new motherboard that is highly reliable with supporting IR remotes.
3. Get the Soundgraph iMON IR Inside device - http://www.soundgraph.com/inside-feature-en/
- If I do this I would either have to butcher the device as I dont have an external 3.5" slot, or get a new case (which I want to avoid at all costs).
4. Get the Wesna or PLEX IR receiver. This looks promising, but runs off an internal USB header so I'm wondering if this will work.
Wesna Receiver - http://www.shop.perfecthometheater.com/Wesena-IR-receiver-IR-receiver.htm
PLEX receiver - http://www.hd-plex.com/hdplex-internal-mce-ir-remote-control.html
5. Get an IR remote and receiver (not preferred as I won't be able to use my Harmony remote).
6. Build a bridge and get over it and stick to using my keyboard to wake my PC
Out of all of these options, the one I would prefer the most would be option 4 as it looks to be simple and tidy, but I question if it would actually work considering it relies on a USB header. Other than this I am thinking Option 2 as motherboard are very cheap considering what they do... I can see the ASRock boards seem to support remotes quite well with their CIR headers.
Any advice would be great on this, if you have other options I would love to hear.
Cheers - Scott
Wanting some advice on a solution to my continued issue with my IR remote. If you look at my system specs under my avatar you will see my entire HTPC rig, but key details are:
- Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H-MVP motherboard - this does not have a CIR header. - refer to here fore more details http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4192#sp
- Coolermaster 525watt PSU
- Microsoft MCE Remote + IR Receiver
- I also have a Harmony 650 remote which I primarily use
- I use the onboard HDMI to output to my AV Receiver (Yamaha RX-V773) which outputs video via HDMI to my LG 42" 1080p TV).
- Windows 7 x64 Ultimate OS with MP 1.6
- I have a lian Li C50 case - this has only 1 external 5.25" bay. No other external slots.
I have tried everything with BIOS settings as well Windows power management, and device manager settings to ensure the PC can wake from sleep via USB. I can wake the PC 100% of the time from my Wireless RF keyboard, however it rarely works with either the harmony or MCE remotes. When I use the remote the IR receiver does not respond - no red light response.
To me I can only guess that the problem is that the USB ports are not providing enough power to support the IR receiver. I have tried multiple ports, etc with no success. While the HTPC is on both remotes work perfectly.
So time to stop playing with software settings and to try something different. I have researched other options and from here I can see a few choices:
1. FORMAT / REINSTALL - I have done this before with no success.
2. Get a new motherboard that is highly reliable with supporting IR remotes.
3. Get the Soundgraph iMON IR Inside device - http://www.soundgraph.com/inside-feature-en/
- If I do this I would either have to butcher the device as I dont have an external 3.5" slot, or get a new case (which I want to avoid at all costs).
4. Get the Wesna or PLEX IR receiver. This looks promising, but runs off an internal USB header so I'm wondering if this will work.
Wesna Receiver - http://www.shop.perfecthometheater.com/Wesena-IR-receiver-IR-receiver.htm
PLEX receiver - http://www.hd-plex.com/hdplex-internal-mce-ir-remote-control.html
5. Get an IR remote and receiver (not preferred as I won't be able to use my Harmony remote).
6. Build a bridge and get over it and stick to using my keyboard to wake my PC
Out of all of these options, the one I would prefer the most would be option 4 as it looks to be simple and tidy, but I question if it would actually work considering it relies on a USB header. Other than this I am thinking Option 2 as motherboard are very cheap considering what they do... I can see the ASRock boards seem to support remotes quite well with their CIR headers.
Any advice would be great on this, if you have other options I would love to hear.
Cheers - Scott