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| | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 15 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 15 | Greetings Lately my computer has been turning itself on in the middle of the night. I think there might be a timer or something in the BIOS but i am unsure, For like a week it doesn't turn on during the night then for a couple of says it does. I thought it might also be a power problem but i am not 100% sure. At the moment it hasn't been turning on for a while but i thought i would just ask because i was curious.  Later Geek
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| | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 807 Likes: 2 UGN Super Poster | | UGN Super Poster Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 807 Likes: 2 | Control Panel > Power Options > Power Schemes > Always On > Apply | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 247 UGN Member | | UGN Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 247 | My knowledge on the subject is limited, but the BIOS might be a good place to start. On my computer (Dell Dimension 4700 running Win XP), in the boot set up I have the option to set my computer to turn on at a certain time on particular days of the week. Also, you could try disabling the "auto-boot computer after power falure" option. This will solve any problems with faulty wiring or the power supply.
Good Luck,
shadow516
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 15 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 15 | Hey
Thanks for the feedback guys/girls.
I will wait and see if it works
Geek
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 217 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 217 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | I had the same "problem" (well, not a problem, in fact I quite like it) with my HP; see, there is a BIOS setting for "when computer crashes power on"; additionally there are numerous Wo functions (WoLan, WoModem, hell I think there is a WoUSB and WoSerial as well)
Myself I like the feature as when the PC is on and I have a crash I expect it to come back; it sucks when I'm 3000mi away and I have to call my roomate to have to get a system powered back on lol...
Additionally there could be a BIOS/Battery issue at hand, the system could even be reading a short as a Wo signal and be powering on... There are a few possibilities; likley though just flash the bios or even go so far as to replace the battery... In the end the largest replacement would be the MoBo; but lets behonest, it's not like a new MoBo is that expensive... | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 24 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 24 | on some computers in bios there is some kind of awake on somthing i saw it wile i was my random reboot problem on a borowed gateway.... i still dont know y it dose it. but check for odd things like that. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 390 UGN Member | | UGN Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 390 | sometimes my neon light in my computer flickers...is there a setting in the bios for that too!?!!!
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