Computer turned on by itself
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Soldato
how do you turn off WOL? looked in the bios its not there
It may be wake on USB since I had my Creative Zen Micro charging this time. Can't remember if it was connected last time.
I will check event log tomorrow. Is it just the event viewer that comes up if I type event into the start menu?
On my board WOL is under Power -> APM -> Power On by PCI Devices apparently
I will check event log tomorrow. Is it just the event viewer that comes up if I type event into the start menu?
On my board WOL is under Power -> APM -> Power On by PCI Devices apparently
Sorry for the long post but I am now thoroughly confused.
This morning it did it again. I was gonna go into event viewer and see if there was anything suspicious in there, so I was about to type my password in when the computer went into a restart loop. It would occasionally get as far as the bios screen and sometimes would just spin up and then go off again. I then cut the power at the wall and removed components one at a time to see if I could isolate the problem.
The problem was still there with the IDE cable for the DVD drives unplugged and also with the unnecessary PCI cards removed. I then unplugged the HDDs, front panel switches and one stick of RAM and now it boots fine, even with everything plugged back in.
So now I'm thoroughly confused as to what could have caused it.
I also looked in event viewer and couldn't see anything suspicious but I don't really know what to look for so if there's anything specific I should be looking at could someone let me know
Thanks
This morning it did it again. I was gonna go into event viewer and see if there was anything suspicious in there, so I was about to type my password in when the computer went into a restart loop. It would occasionally get as far as the bios screen and sometimes would just spin up and then go off again. I then cut the power at the wall and removed components one at a time to see if I could isolate the problem.
The problem was still there with the IDE cable for the DVD drives unplugged and also with the unnecessary PCI cards removed. I then unplugged the HDDs, front panel switches and one stick of RAM and now it boots fine, even with everything plugged back in.
So now I'm thoroughly confused as to what could have caused it.
I also looked in event viewer and couldn't see anything suspicious but I don't really know what to look for so if there's anything specific I should be looking at could someone let me know
Thanks
Man of Honour
I think it's the Patrick Swayze virus.
When it was restarting I did think it may be PSU as it's the oldest part of my setup. I may have to get a new one but I think I'll wait and see if it does it again as it seems OK for now
care to explain?
Soldato
When it was restarting I did think it may be PSU as it's the oldest part of my setup. I may have to get a new one but I think I'll wait and see if it does it again as it seems OK for now
i think as in ghost the film. Replace pottery scene with pc imo
go to device manager, then the properties page for your ethernet adapter, then power management
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Don
try this..
start
type 'cmd' right click it, run as admin. click ok..
in cmd
powercfg /lastwake
what motherboard do you have?
start
type 'cmd' right click it, run as admin. click ok..
in cmd
powercfg /lastwake
what motherboard do you have?
Soldato