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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Hardware / January 2008PC has started turning itself on!
hi there, Anyone any ideas as to why this could be? i recently upgraded the memory and had to reset the bios but it was running fine for about a week and now all of a sudden over the past few days ive come in and my pc is on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers You might wanna take a look in BIOS for a setting that reads "Wake on LAN" and set it to disable ;) > hi there, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cheers Thanks for that. Do i do that by re-booting and entering the BIOS that way? im not used to using the bios. In fact....in terrifies me!!! :-) > You might wanna take a look in BIOS for a setting that reads "Wake on LAN" > and set it to disable ;) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > > Cheers Yes you will need to boot the machine and enter the BIOS. A good thing to do is make a note of any changes you make (and what sections of the BIOS they were made in) so that, should any problems arise, you can change them back. Another example is the PC waking up when the telephone rings. Disabling the Wake on LAN will cure that problem too. The BIOS can terrify most people so don't make changes for change sake. Make the wrong move and your system will become unbootable. My advice is to check the BIOS ( I can't tell you exactly where the wake on lan can be found because I don't know what BIOS your machine is using. It also depends on how old the BIOS is too.) If you are not sure that you are disabling the right thing the don't disable it; instead come back to the newsgroup and explain exactly what you have done (what section of the BIOS you have looked in, what option is available for the specific BIOS application) Someone can then always advice you.  Signature-- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Thanks for that. Do i do that by re-booting and entering the BIOS that > way? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > >> > Cheers Thanks John for your help. much appreciated. I dont know if this helps but im using a Packard Bell imedia 1538 pc, as im sure your aware that this pc is about 3 + old. Ive also upgraded it to vista home premium (im not sure if that makes a lot of difference) you metnioned that when the phone rings that could be waking up my pc, could you explain a tad more on that one...? i know my way around a pc but there are things i am still learning, so please excuse me if i sound like a thicko!! he he :-) Thank you again John > Yes you will need to boot the machine and enter the BIOS. A good thing to do > is make a note of any changes you make (and what sections of the BIOS they [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >> > > >> > Cheers Amareet;590175 Wrote: > Thanks John for your help. much appreciated. > I dont know if this helps but im using a Packard Bell imedia 1538 pc, [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > > > "Amareet" <Amareet@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > > news:EF35CBBE-5421-4511-B1BF-5E3F995890F1@xxxxxx Hi Amareet, STEP THREE here may be able to help you with this. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.html Shawn SignatureBrink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) *Please post feedback to help others.* We are talking about 'land line' phones here, not mobiles. Quite a few people rely upon a dial up modem in order to send/receive faxes. If your PC is 'off' when a fax arrived then you couldn't receive the fax. The BIOS, therefore, contained a 'wake on ring' option which. effectively, bought the pc to life when the phone rang, even if you hadn't got a fax. In order to prevent this it was necessary to disable the 'wake on ring' option in the BIOS, so you might like to check the BIOS for this option too, especially if you have noticed that the pc does come alive when the phone rings. My current machine is only a few months old and I haven't locate a 'wake on ring' option, although the wake on lan is still there. However, my last machine was three years old and that did have the option to 'wake on ring' in the BIOS. Signature-- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Thanks John for your help. much appreciated. > I dont know if this helps but im using a Packard Bell imedia 1538 pc, as [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Cheers Have you considered the idea of a Poltergeist at home? :confused: Signatureochibochi |
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