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Computer keeps turning itself on?
Name: Tysoe Date: April 20, 2006 at 03:17:33 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz/ 1024 M
Comment:
Hi!
My computer's got an annoying habbit of turning itself on after a few minutes (varies) after i've switched it off. :S
I've had a look through the BIOS and can't see any settings that would cause it, Power on LAN and keyboard/mouse all disabled.
It hasn't got any other problems and runs fine beside this.
Name: Bob (by BigBob) Date: April 20, 2006 at 05:29:11 Pacific
Reply:
Could be a spyware/virus issue have you scanned for both in safe mode?
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Response Number 2
Name: cliffpage Date: April 20, 2006 at 05:51:43 Pacific
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i once had a sound card that made the computer always switch on, but it always switched back on a second after shut down completed. Do you have a modem plugged into phone line - is a signal on phone line causing it (unplug phone line cable to try that). Could be faulty power switch on front of computer where the contacts are only a hairs breadth apart and the slightest movement/vibration causes it to contact (try this by disconnecting those two wires from the motherboard)
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Response Number 3
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: April 20, 2006 at 07:04:39 Pacific
Reply:
Just a thought, but some motherboards have the option to power on the computer via keyboard or mouse. Might want to check that.
I'd try disconnectng any communication cables from the computer first. That would be LAN and Modem cables. If it still restarts, disconnect the keyboard and power down the PC. If it still restoarts, then power down again before it is fully off, remove the mouse. If it still does it get a priest to do an exorcism.
Michael J
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Response Number 4
Name: Sabertooth Date: April 20, 2006 at 08:27:20 Pacific
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If it is not a WOL (Wake-On-LAN) issue, you may have a faulty PSU.
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Response Number 5
Name: name Date: April 20, 2006 at 08:51:12 Pacific
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I once had an Intel 430/440 board that did that. I troubleshot that thing til I was blue in the face.
It was in fact, trouble in the motherboard. Either the bios was corrupt or the motherboard had an electrical problem.
I finally just powered it on/off through a switched strip.
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Response Number 6
Name: computers-are-cool (by Luke) Date: April 20, 2006 at 11:04:21 Pacific
Reply:
someone gotta post quick or hes gonna have this problem forever!
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Response Number 7
Name: Tysoe Date: April 20, 2006 at 13:55:05 Pacific
Reply:
Think i'll put it down to the switch being nackered.
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