Computer keeps turning itself on

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Lysander

Lysander

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For some reason my 2nd computer [running XP SP2] seems to like turning itself on for no reason.

This generally happens after I shut down. The PC will either restart instantly instead of shutting down or it'll happen after about 30 seconds.

So I put in a new hard drive and reinstalled XP and it's still happening! Yesterday I shut down and stared at it for about a minute while it was off thinking "right, it's definitely shut down now". I left the house, came back a few hours later and it was on!!

Either we've got ghosts or something else is wrong with it. Anyone know what?
 
It sounds to me like a PSU problem this, since it definately isn't software related and also the fact that when you switch off it powers back up on its own accord. How old is this PSU, what is it? and can you test it on another system?
 
mishima said:
It sounds to me like a PSU problem this, since it definately isn't software related and also the fact that when you switch off it powers back up on its own accord. How old is this PSU, what is it? and can you test it on another system?
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Well, I changed the PSU in December and it happened before that too, so it can't be the PSU. :confused:
 
Check the bios settings, it could be set to "wake on" something, common options include "wake on lan" "wake on modem", "wake on mouse" and "wake on keyboard" etc.
 
Werewolf said:
Check the bios settings, it could be set to "wake on" something, common options include "wake on lan" "wake on modem", "wake on mouse" and "wake on keyboard" etc.
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Yep this happened to me years ago when i was only dial up, i'd shut down and then the next morning when i went to the pc it was on. Eventually worked out that it was every time the phone rang, which was the modem in the pc set to wake on modem! Drove me mad for ages that did!
 
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