Re: ghost in the machine

On 19/12/2006 in message <4587d60f$0$5829$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> F9 wrote:

I have a brand new computer that seems to have a ghost in the machine.

I can switch it off by shutting down windows XP professional and it goes off. I don't switch it off at the wall.

Then, I can be walking past it - its on a wooden floor - and it will suddenly spring into life and boot up.

Were you wearing squeaky shoes at the time :-)

If I switch it off at the wall after shutting down, as soon as I switch the plug on it bursts into life and boots up and I haven't even gone near the "on'" button.

I suppose it may have a dodgy power supply but try:

Re-boot it and press whatever key gets you into the BIOS (Del, F1, F2 whatever). On one of the pages (possibly power management) there will be some 'Wake On' events. Have a look through them and see if any are on - 'Wake on Lan' is a common culprit if your machine is on a Lan.

There was a report in here a while back of a PC that arrived with a 'Wake on Timer' event set so it kept waking up at a specific time of day.

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