Computer powers up autmatically

[Ray K]

Sometimes when I attempt an orderly shut down (that is, Start/Shut
Down/Shut Down) the computer doesn't shut down (monitor remains lit,
power light on the case remains lit), so I simply turn off the power
strip that feeds it and the peripherals. Next time I turn on the power
strip, the computer will start booting without my having to press the
power switch on the case. How can this be?

W2K, with no service packs.
Mobo: Asus A7v400-mx, Sempron 2400+, 512 MB RAM

As an aside, if I shut down as above with W98, next start up would
include scan disk. This does not happen with W2K. Should it? I notice
that W2K does not show Scan Disk as one of the System Tools
(Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools). My experience with W2K is
limited to only 2 weeks, so I don't have an feeling for normal behavior.

Thanks for your help.

Ray

 

[Monster]

maybe you need to wait a bit longer..

win2k will run chkdsk not scandisk, if you have ntfs you probably won't see
anything

 

[FG]

1) In your BIOS something like « reboot after power failure » is enabled.

anything

1)

2) Run Chkdsk.exe With /f switch it will run on next restart with full
repair options.

 

[petermcmillan_uk]

Sometimes when I attempt an orderly shut down (that is, Start/Shut
Down/Shut Down) the computer doesn't shut down (monitor remains lit,
power light on the case remains lit), so I simply turn off the power
strip that feeds it and the peripherals. Next time I turn on the power
strip, the computer will start booting without my having to press the

power switch on the case. How can this be?

W2K, with no service packs.
Mobo: Asus A7v400-mx, Sempron 2400+, 512 MB RAM

As an aside, if I shut down as above with W98, next start up would
include scan disk. This does not happen with W2K. Should it? I notice

that W2K does not show Scan Disk as one of the System Tools
(Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools). My experience with W2K is
limited to only 2 weeks, so I don't have an feeling for normal behavior.

Thanks for your help.

Ray

I've used to get the same problem occasionally when I had my Duron, but
since getting my Athlon XP, it does it at startup instead. Nothing
would happen, but the light would be on and the fans would be spinning.
I think a 2nd press of the power button makes my Athlon XP machine
start up though. I'm not sure what it is, but it's only happened
around 3 times so far so I'm not too worried (yet).

As for the booting up automatically, that's probably due to a BIOS
setting, 'auto resume on power failure' I think.

 

[Tony]

Sometimes when I attempt an orderly shut down (that is, Start/Shut
Down/Shut Down) the computer doesn't shut down (monitor remains lit, power
light on the case remains lit), so I simply turn off the power strip that
feeds it and the peripherals. Next time I turn on the power strip, the
computer will start booting without my having to press the power switch on
the case. How can this be?

W2K, with no service packs.
Mobo: Asus A7v400-mx, Sempron 2400+, 512 MB RAM

As an aside, if I shut down as above with W98, next start up would include
scan disk. This does not happen with W2K. Should it? I notice that W2K
does not show Scan Disk as one of the System Tools
(Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools). My experience with W2K is
limited to only 2 weeks, so I don't have an feeling for normal behavior.

Thanks for your help.

Ray

You`ll have a setting in BIOS that is set to 'return to last state after
power failure'. This in mind, when your computer sees the power fail (due
to you swithing the switch) the next time it starts, it thinks it had a
power failure and returns to its last working state, which was ON.

Tony

 

[spodosaurus]

Sometimes when I attempt an orderly shut down (that is, Start/Shut
Down/Shut Down) the computer doesn't shut down (monitor remains lit,
power light on the case remains lit), so I simply turn off the power
strip that feeds it and the peripherals. Next time I turn on the power
strip, the computer will start booting without my having to press the
power switch on the case. How can this be?

Are the case fans still spinning? What do you mean by "monitor remains
lit"? A little light on the monitor or the screen keeps displaying your
W2K desktop without shutting down?

W2K, with no service packs.
Mobo: Asus A7v400-mx, Sempron 2400+, 512 MB RAM

As an aside, if I shut down as above with W98, next start up would
include scan disk. This does not happen with W2K. Should it? I notice
that W2K does not show Scan Disk as one of the System Tools
(Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools). My experience with W2K is
limited to only 2 weeks, so I don't have an feeling for normal behavior.

If it's like XP, you'll need to run chkdsk. You'll have to tell it to
run a chkdsk on the drive, which it'll do on the next reboot, and then
you'll have to find the report.

Thanks for your help.

Ray

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[Ray K]

1) In your BIOS something like « reboot after power failure » is enabled.

My BIOS doesn't have this option.

2) Run Chkdsk.exe With /f switch it will run on next restart with full
repair options.

I did this. The results went by so fast I couldn't read them the first
time. Ran the test a second time, hit Pause when the results were
displayed, but the program didn't pause. So I'll assume that if there
were errors, they would be displayed long enough for me to record them.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Ray

 

[Ray K]

Are the case fans still spinning?
Yes.

What do you mean by "monitor remains
lit"? A little light on the monitor or the screen keeps displaying your
W2K desktop without shutting down?

No. The monitor will display the desktop, sometimes with the various
icons, sometimes just the sky blue background color covering the entire
screen.

If it's like XP, you'll need to run chkdsk. You'll have to tell it to
run a chkdsk on the drive, which it'll do on the next reboot, and then
you'll have to find the report.

I've just tried this. The results don't stay visible long enough to
read, so I'll assume there are no problems.

 

[Ray K]

My BIOS doesn't have this option.

I stand corrected. It's available on the Power menu. Default setting is
Auto, which sets the system back to the state it was before the power
interruption. Thanks.

 

[spodosaurus]

spodosaurus wrote:
I've just tried this. The results don't stay visible long enough to
read, so I'll assume there are no problems.

Then why not just find the file that the results are written to and read
it at your own pace in the Application Event Log?



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spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. To jump to the end
of the story, as a result of this I need a bone marrow transplant. Many
people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please
volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

 

[Jon Danniken]

My BIOS doesn't have this option.


I did this. The results went by so fast I couldn't read them the first
time. Ran the test a second time, hit Pause when the results were
displayed, but the program didn't pause. So I'll assume that if there
were errors, they would be displayed long enough for me to record them.

Results from chkdsk are logged; you can read them in the event viewer
(Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer), under the "Application
Log" section. Look for the most recent "Type = Information" of "Source =
Winlogon", and you will see the information that you were unable to pause
while the chkdsk event was taking place.

Jon