howiesfunware wrote:
I'm on 64 bit vista.
Another odd thing that happens is this computer will turn on when I powerup on one of my other computers. I have 3 computers hooked up to the same mouse, keyboard and monitor via a switcher. The computer in question is one of the three.
There is an option in the bios to have the computer switch on by hitting any key, but that option is off.
I'll have to look through the bios again.
You may want to set that option in BIOS, save and reboot, then unset it. Maybe what is displayed isn't actually what is set. Also, if the computer has that capability, it's possible that whatever relay enables it may have failed, denying you the chance to NOT start up on mouse or keyboard input. I'm thinking more along the lines of Powwow though, that for whatever reason the PC is not powering down, but merely hibernating. I've seen that before and it's fairly easy to check, just unplug the PC. That should kill power to the board. (If it doesn't then you've got a very valuable computer! LOL) Reconnect power and see if the problem still happens. I think the hibernation will not return once you've killed and then restored power. At least, that's worked for me with a similar problem (PC still drawing current from UPS when UPS was shut down.) If that's the case then your problem is simply to stop the hibernation.
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