I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not using
two of those.

It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
computer.

Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
when my electricity comes back on?
There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.

http://www.apc.com/support/index.cfm...=us&segmentid=

"blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
|I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I'm not
using
| two of those.
|
| It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
| after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
| computer.
|
| Shouldn't my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
| when my electricity comes back on?
| There's a green light lit up on it indicating 'protection is working'.
|

On Aug 22, 2:52 pm, "Tom Willett" <tompep...@mvps.invalid> wrote:
> http://www.apc.com/support/index.cfm...=us&segmentid=
>
> "blondieblue227" <blondieblue...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
> |I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I'm not
> using
> | two of those.
> |
> | It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
> | after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
> | computer.
> |
> | Shouldn't my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
> | when my electricity comes back on?
> | There's a green light lit up on it indicating 'protection is working'.
> |

blondieblue227

A surge protector is an enhanced power bar with electonics to "filter"
out the power spikes (surge.) If the surge protector is still powered
on and the PC's BIOS is set to "power on after power failure", or
"resume last power state", whenever the power is turned back on, the
PC will start.

You are maybe confusing the surge protector with a uninterruptible
power supply (UPS.) UPSes are a different stul of devices where there
is a battery in the unit and the PC can read this unit power status
"codes." The monitoring of the UPS unit power status "codes" will
tell the PC operating system (ie: XP) to shut down because the UPS has
no power coming into it.

The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely turning
back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup and
find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied to it,
you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last state of
always power on.

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"blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
>using
> two of those.
>
> It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
> after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
> computer.
>
> Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
> when my electricity comes back on?
> There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
>

how do i get into my BIOS settings?

thank you.

"David B." wrote:

> The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely turning
> back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup and
> find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied to it,
> you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last state of
> always power on.
>
> --
>
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>
> "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
> >using
> > two of those.
> >
> > It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
> > after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
> > computer.
> >
> > Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
> > when my electricity comes back on?
> > There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
> >
>
>

When turn my protector off and on my computer turns on. Something tells me
that’s not right.

I think I found my BIOS Settings.

F2
Scrolled down to Power Management

Here are my current settings.

Suspend Mode S3
AC Power Recovery ON
Low Power Mode Disabled

AC Power Recovery was marked OFF I switched to ON then turned off my
computer. I tried it out to see if it did the same thing. It did. After I
switched AC Power Recovery ON, The computer still came on automatically when
I switched the protector on.

I don’t know. Something tells me my computer should not turn on just by
flipping the surge protector switch.

There’s two lights on the protector to indicate a problem. They aren’t lit
up.




"blondieblue227" wrote:

> how do i get into my BIOS settings?
>
> thank you.
>
> "David B." wrote:
>
> > The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely turning
> > back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup and
> > find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied to it,
> > you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last state of
> > always power on.
> >
> > --
> >
> > ----
> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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> > _________________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
> > >using
> > > two of those.
> > >
> > > It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
> > > after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
> > > computer.
> > >
> > > Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
> > > when my electricity comes back on?
> > > There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
> > >
> >
> >

'You are maybe confusing the surge protector with a uninterruptible
power supply (UPS.) UPSes are a different stul of devices where there
is a battery in the unit and the PC can read this unit power status
"codes." The monitoring of the UPS unit power status "codes" will
tell the PC operating system (ie: XP) to shut down because the UPS has
no power coming into it.'

the device is called a surge arrrest, so i'm guessing it's not a UPS.


"blondieblue227" wrote:

> When turn my protector off and on my computer turns on. Something tells me
> that’s not right.
>
> I think I found my BIOS Settings.
>
> F2
> Scrolled down to Power Management
>
> Here are my current settings.
>
> Suspend Mode S3
> AC Power Recovery ON
> Low Power Mode Disabled
>
> AC Power Recovery was marked OFF I switched to ON then turned off my
> computer. I tried it out to see if it did the same thing. It did. After I
> switched AC Power Recovery ON, The computer still came on automatically when
> I switched the protector on.
>
> I don’t know. Something tells me my computer should not turn on just by
> flipping the surge protector switch.
>
> There’s two lights on the protector to indicate a problem. They aren’t lit
> up.
>
>
>
>
> "blondieblue227" wrote:
>
> > how do i get into my BIOS settings?
> >
> > thank you.
> >
> > "David B." wrote:
> >
> > > The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely turning
> > > back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup and
> > > find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied to it,
> > > you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last state of
> > > always power on.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > ----
> > > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> > > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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> > >
> > >
> > > "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > >I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
> > > >using
> > > > two of those.
> > > >
> > > > It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly because
> > > > after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so does my
> > > > computer.
> > > >
> > > > Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by itself
> > > > when my electricity comes back on?
> > > > There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
> > > >
> > >
> > >

That's the setting you need, turn AC Power Recover to off.

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"blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7E4F0614-AFD3-4D25-8662-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When turn my protector off and on my computer turns on. Something tells me
> that’s not right.
>
> I think I found my BIOS Settings.
>
> F2
> Scrolled down to Power Management
>
> Here are my current settings.
>
> Suspend Mode S3
> AC Power Recovery ON
> Low Power Mode Disabled
>
> AC Power Recovery was marked OFF I switched to ON then turned off my
> computer. I tried it out to see if it did the same thing. It did. After I
> switched AC Power Recovery ON, The computer still came on automatically
> when
> I switched the protector on.
>
> I don’t know. Something tells me my computer should not turn on just by
> flipping the surge protector switch.
>
> There’s two lights on the protector to indicate a problem. They aren’t lit
> up.
>
>
>
>
> "blondieblue227" wrote:
>
>> how do i get into my BIOS settings?
>>
>> thank you.
>>
>> "David B." wrote:
>>
>> > The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely
>> > turning
>> > back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup
>> > and
>> > find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied
>> > to it,
>> > you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last
>> > state of
>> > always power on.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > ----
>> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>> > How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> > _________________________________________________________________________________
>> >
>> >
>> > "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > >I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
>> > >using
>> > > two of those.
>> > >
>> > > It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly
>> > > because
>> > > after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so
>> > > does my
>> > > computer.
>> > >
>> > > Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by
>> > > itself
>> > > when my electricity comes back on?
>> > > There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
>> > >
>> >
>> >

Last night I switched AC power recovery to ON. Which means when I was having
my problem it was set to OFF. If it was set to OFF why did I have that
problem?

Now it is set on OFF and I placed the computer power cord in an ‘always on’
outlet. No more problem. The computer stays off when I turn the protector on
and off now.

Which brings me to my next question.

Is it safe to have the computer power cord plugged to an ‘always on’ outlet?




"David B." wrote:

> That's the setting you need, turn AC Power Recover to off.
>
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>
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>
>
> "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7E4F0614-AFD3-4D25-8662-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When turn my protector off and on my computer turns on. Something tells me
> > that’s not right.
> >
> > I think I found my BIOS Settings.
> >
> > F2
> > Scrolled down to Power Management
> >
> > Here are my current settings.
> >
> > Suspend Mode S3
> > AC Power Recovery ON
> > Low Power Mode Disabled
> >
> > AC Power Recovery was marked OFF I switched to ON then turned off my
> > computer. I tried it out to see if it did the same thing. It did. After I
> > switched AC Power Recovery ON, The computer still came on automatically
> > when
> > I switched the protector on.
> >
> > I don’t know. Something tells me my computer should not turn on just by
> > flipping the surge protector switch.
> >
> > There’s two lights on the protector to indicate a problem. They aren’t lit
> > up.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "blondieblue227" wrote:
> >
> >> how do i get into my BIOS settings?
> >>
> >> thank you.
> >>
> >> "David B." wrote:
> >>
> >> > The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely
> >> > turning
> >> > back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup
> >> > and
> >> > find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied
> >> > to it,
> >> > you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last
> >> > state of
> >> > always power on.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > ----
> >> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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> >> > _________________________________________________________________________________
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> >> > message
> >> > news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > >I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
> >> > >using
> >> > > two of those.
> >> > >
> >> > > It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly
> >> > > because
> >> > > after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so
> >> > > does my
> >> > > computer.
> >> > >
> >> > > Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by
> >> > > itself
> >> > > when my electricity comes back on?
> >> > > There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>

'outlets controlled by the On/Off switch are not surge protected when the
unit is Off. The always-on outlets are always surge protected.'

Is that true?


_______________________________________

"blondieblue227" wrote:

> Last night I switched AC power recovery to ON. Which means when I was having
> my problem it was set to OFF. If it was set to OFF why did I have that
> problem?
>
> Now it is set on OFF and I placed the computer power cord in an ‘always on’
> outlet. No more problem. The computer stays off when I turn the protector on
> and off now.
>
> Which brings me to my next question.
>
> Is it safe to have the computer power cord plugged to an ‘always on’ outlet?
>
>
>
>
> "David B." wrote:
>
> > That's the setting you need, turn AC Power Recover to off.
> >
> > --
> >
> > ----
> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> > How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > _________________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:7E4F0614-AFD3-4D25-8662-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > When turn my protector off and on my computer turns on. Something tells me
> > > that’s not right.
> > >
> > > I think I found my BIOS Settings.
> > >
> > > F2
> > > Scrolled down to Power Management
> > >
> > > Here are my current settings.
> > >
> > > Suspend Mode S3
> > > AC Power Recovery ON
> > > Low Power Mode Disabled
> > >
> > > AC Power Recovery was marked OFF I switched to ON then turned off my
> > > computer. I tried it out to see if it did the same thing. It did. After I
> > > switched AC Power Recovery ON, The computer still came on automatically
> > > when
> > > I switched the protector on.
> > >
> > > I don’t know. Something tells me my computer should not turn on just by
> > > flipping the surge protector switch.
> > >
> > > There’s two lights on the protector to indicate a problem. They aren’t lit
> > > up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "blondieblue227" wrote:
> > >
> > >> how do i get into my BIOS settings?
> > >>
> > >> thank you.
> > >>
> > >> "David B." wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > The surge protector has no control over your computer, it is likely
> > >> > turning
> > >> > back on because of a BIOS setting, you need to go into your BIOS setup
> > >> > and
> > >> > find the setting that controls what the PC does when power is applied
> > >> > to it,
> > >> > you likely want the option to stay off, it is probably set to last
> > >> > state of
> > >> > always power on.
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> >
> > >> > ----
> > >> > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> > >> > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > "blondieblue227" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > >> > message
> > >> > news:30E55999-7138-460C-A399-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> > >I have an APC surge arrest surge protector. It has 11 outlets. I’m not
> > >> > >using
> > >> > > two of those.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > It recently occurred to me that it might not be working properly
> > >> > > because
> > >> > > after a power outage in my home, when the power comes back on, so
> > >> > > does my
> > >> > > computer.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Shouldn’t my surge protector prevent my computer from turning on by
> > >> > > itself
> > >> > > when my electricity comes back on?
> > >> > > There’s a green light lit up on it indicating ‘protection is working’.
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> >
> >