Hi good old Soviet here,

The PC that I use here, has a fault now.

When I log out of system as:- click- Start, click-Turn off computer, it will do the shutdown, but if I leave it plugged in to a wall socket, then after 5 minutes it will do a switch back on, in automatically.

I think that this is something that may have changed in BIOS, and so I ask if anyone would suggest cause of any problem.

Thank you

Soviet:rolleyes::rotz:

Have you switched on "Wake on LAN" by accident?

Have you switched on "Wake on LAN" by accident?

Hi Aspman,

It is the possibility that I have done this switched 'Wake on LAN" by an accident, and so how do I get to this one to change this?

Thank you for the reply here.

Soviet:thumbup:

Not the sort of thing you'd have done by accident unless you were playing in the Bios.

If you go into your Bios and have a look through the various settings you'll probably find several "wake on...." options.

Alternatively you might have a faulty power button.

Not the sort of thing you'd have done by accident unless you were playing in the Bios.

If you go into your Bios and have a look through the various settings you'll probably find several "wake on...." options.

Alternatively you might have a faulty power button.

Hi Aspman,

I had the faulty seagate hard drive recently, and ask friend to do fitting for it, as I did not have time with the other things, and so maybe he changed BIOS in wake on option maybe. Thank you again for the help here, and I will do the checks now, that you tell me of wake up. As timing is always the same here (5 mins) then I am thinking that the power button is not bad.

Thank you

Regards for you

Soviet:rolleyes:

Slightly off the wall suggestion, but atx power supplies provide continuous power to the mainboard. You can start the PC with a keyboard shortcut as well when it's powered off, and I have seen a few in my time go a bit doolally if the keyboard is on the way out.

Daft as it seems, if you check the wake on lan, and make sure the power button is ok, then try unplugging the keyboard and see if it still boots on it's own after a few minutes.

Slightly off the wall suggestion, but atx power supplies provide continuous power to the mainboard. You can start the PC with a keyboard shortcut as well when it's powered off, and I have seen a few in my time go a bit doolally if the keyboard is on the way out.

Daft as it seems, if you check the wake on lan, and make sure the power button is ok, then try unplugging the keyboard and see if it still boots on it's own after a few minutes.

Hi Fluffmeister,

Yes my keyboard is a very old one now and so this is also possible maybe. Thank you so very much for the logical thinking that you are making, for my problem here.

I will try all of these things soon, and I will be sure that the problem will be fixed.

Regards for you

Soviet:rolleyes:

There are also options under power settings in control panel for wake on lan

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Hi for every one that gave help for this problem.

I have done the check on the BIOS, in Power management setup, and a wakeup with a name PME EVENT WAKEUP was enabled here, and so I now disabled. This seems to have made the problem good now.

I am not sure what is the meaning for PME but it is seeming that the problem is finished, and PC is staying off always, when it should here.

Thank you

Regards for all

Soviet:rolleyes:

I have now done the google for PME and it is meaning Power Management Event.

Edited 16 May, 200917 yr by soviet
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