Possible to turn on a macbook without the power button?

Basically, the power button on a macbook is connected to the keyboard and the mouse pad, and the connector is now broken. I managed to use the hard drive in a mates laptop and schedule it to turn on at a specific time but im guessing the clock might not be completely accurate so i might have to wait a while. Is it at all possible to power up one of these machines without using the power button?
Thanks

To wake up your MacBook via an ethernet connection, you could probably adapt what is explained here (he page also list utilities that can be used on OSX and Windows to send the so-called "magic packet" to a computer):
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050118192723153

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It appears that you're notebook isn't power on. I will try to assist you with this.
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