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software or motherboard?
Name: lez Date: December 22, 2002 at 15:48:54 Pacific OS: windows 2000 CPU/Ram: 1900xp/512ddr
Comment:
new computer. it turns on occasionally by itself. why? how do i turn it off? is it motherboard? or is it a setting in windows?
Name: Hakemon Date: December 22, 2002 at 16:02:48 Pacific
Reply:
Well, when your computer is off, Windows is not even on at all. So, its you BIOS on your motherboard. You will need to go into BIOS setup and look for a Auto Wakeup feature and disable it.
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Response Number 2
Name: MootLogic Date: December 22, 2002 at 16:55:24 Pacific
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In BIOS disable Wake on LAN and Wake on Modem. That may be the issue...
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