Ghost

[mercycle]

Not sure where to put this one, My desktop pc has started to switch it's self on at night.Here is what happened last night, I shut it down around 11pm, when I went to bed at 2am it is still off but when I got up at 7.30 am it was on, on the password screen. What time it started I have no idea its happened about 4 times so far. Has anyone any ideas. Wife says its a ghost :)

Thankyou for any help.

[Plastic Nev]

Hi,

Is this fully shut down, or is it in sleep or hybernate mode?

If in sleep mode only and "Wake on LAN" is on, any signal coming in from the network will wake it up. Especially if you are using a wireless connection, a wireless signal from a neighbour could be enough.

 

If on the other hand it is fully shut down, the start button may be faulty, or a possible fault on either the motherboard or power supply. That may be difficult to identify though.

 

The final solution of course is turn off the mains power after shut down.

 

Nev.

[Ray1000]

Or it could be a Ghost :D