ASUS A15/A17 Motherboard – Shorting Pins 5 & 6 to Simulate Power Button?

Hi everyone!

I'm hoping someone here with more experience with laptop motherboards can help me confirm something.

I saw someone posting in an ASUS thread about the A15/A17 power button, where they mentioned that pins 5 and 6 can be shorted to simulate pressing the power button, with pin 6 being ground.

I'm looking at doing this on my broken laptop because I can't currently afford to buy a replacement keyboard or have it taken to a repair centre. I have a multimeter, so after work I'm planning to check the pins and confirm that I'm getting around 3V and that everything looks correct.

From my understanding, I would then ground one probe and briefly touch pin 5 with the other probe to simulate pressing the power button.

Does that sound correct, or am I misunderstanding something?

I saw that Hardware Perks recently released a video about using laptop motherboards without keyboards and how to power them on, which is what got me looking into this further. From my research, this seems like it might be the best option for my situation, but I'd really appreciate some confirmation from someone more knowledgeable before I try it.

Thanks in advance!