More likely than the WOL is either the BIOS setting to turn on at a
certain time of day, or to resume after power failure and there is some
power glitch (perhaps a bad power supply) that is triggering this.
"Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Did YOU check to see if 'wake on LAN' was active?
> "FrankChin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6F8D9C96-8F70-491B-8522-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> Had a PC that does this. It was one of those cheapo clones I got from
>> a local store. Bought two of them from these people, both had
>> problems, and was
>> finally tired of lugging the units back. And the PC turning on was a
>> minor problem compared to a burnt out MOBO, USB ports not working
>> etc.
>>
>> So my wife got me a little swtich that plugs into the power strip,
>> and into
>> that I plug the PC power cord. After I down the PC, I switch the
>> power off.
>> Far simpler than spending time reading the manual or arguing with the
>> PC salesman.
>>
>> An alternative was to run the shutdown program every thirty minutes
>> at night
>> on the scheduler. I have some of my PC's hiberate at night
>> automatically, wakeup to run some tasks before the start of the
>> business day, and then hibernate again, so this would not be unusual.
>>
>> From here on in, I just get myself an HP or other brand name, as I've
>> never
>> had problems with them as I had with the cheapo clones.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe the BIOS has a bug or perhaps the previous setting
>>> did not stick. You could try turning the various modes on,
>>> save the settings, then turn them off again.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Pete" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:ekXTxD5%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> >I just had a look at the BIOS power settings and "Power Up on
>>> >PCI/PCIE Devices" is disabled. Computer manual explains that this
>>> >"Allows you to enable or disable the PME to wake from S5 by
>>> >PCI/PCIE devices and onboard
>>> >LAN". Can't see Wake On LAN anywhere else in the BIOS.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> > news:%23Fnd414%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> >>
>>> >> "Pete" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> >> news:ezNKbs4%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> >>> For the last few weeks, I switch the computer off in the evening
>>> >>> but I
>>> >>> frequently find its on in the morning. Does not always happen
>>> >>> but most
>>> >>> days. On looking at the duration time on my local area
>>> >>> connection this
>>> >>> shows most of the night so the computer switches back on shortly
>>> >>> after I
>>> >>> turn it off. I don't think this has anything to do with Power
>>> >>> settings
>>> >>> on the machine (its set to turn the monitor off after 30
>>> >>> minutes, Hard
>>> >>> Disk Off and System Standby are set to Never).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Any idea what may be casuing this?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This is a dual boot machine with Vista which I very rarely use.
>>> >>> May be
>>> >>> something in Vista is causing the auto startup?
>>> >>
>>> >> Neither Vista nor Windows XP can do this: They are both dead
>>> >> when the computer is off! Have a look at the power settings in
>>> >> your BIOS, especially the "Wake-up LAN" part. If unsure how
>>> >> to do this, consult the manual that came with your PC and look
>>> >> for the words "BIOS Setup".
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
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