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navsta
22 Nov 2005, 2:59am
Hi,

I have recently put on xp sp2, and i have found that my pc switches on autoatically.
I have to switch off the main AC power to keep it from starting in the middle of the night.
Then when i switch the power point on the pc auto comes on.

Any ideas any options in the bios?
navsta
22 Nov 2005, 5:00am
Hi,

I have recently put on xp sp2, and i have found that my pc switches on autoatically.
I have to switch off the main AC power to keep it from starting in the middle of the night.
Then when i switch the power point on the pc auto comes on.

Any ideas any options in the bios?
Dexter
22 Nov 2005, 5:20am
Many BIOS menus have an option called Restore Power After AC Loss (or something similar.) It is usually under Power Management Options (or similar name, depending on your BIOS brand and version. In the event of a power failure, it is designed to automatically boot a PC., which is especially useful for servers or other systems performing business functions, where you always want the PC to come back on if the power gets interrupted.

Check that setting. If it is set for "Power On" then either change it to "Power Off." There is also usually a mode called "Last State" which will remember whether the PC was on or off and return it to that state.

Dexter...
Leonardo
22 Nov 2005, 5:55am
In the "Power Management" section of the system BIOS, look for the heading "Restore on AC Power Loss". Set this to "Power Off".
Leonardo
22 Nov 2005, 6:00am
navsta, please don't create two threads on the same topic again. You've just wasted my time in me replying to your extra thread. Your question had already been answered by Dexter but I didn't know. I have merged your two threads together into this one.
TheLostSwede
22 Nov 2005, 11:53am
navsta,

My guess is that you have an MSI mainboard?
navsta
23 Nov 2005, 10:29am
I have checked all the options and they are set to off, but still the PC comes on automatically.

whats a MSi mainboard , how can i check?
TheLostSwede
23 Nov 2005, 12:45pm
It's the brand of the mainboard. Do you have the mainboard manual there or is it a pre-built machine?
navsta
25 Nov 2005, 3:56am
It's the brand of the mainboard. Do you have the mainboard manual there or is it a pre-built machine?

My motherboard is a P4 titan series
model GA-8SRX sis 645 AGP set

its still boots up atpmatically
csimon
25 Nov 2005, 4:03am
do you use aol by any chance?
navsta
25 Nov 2005, 4:08am
do you use aol by any chance?
no
navsta
30 Nov 2005, 6:44am
whats happenign with this one???/
any ideas
TheLostSwede
30 Nov 2005, 6:50am
I know MSI mainboards do exactly that and i have to flip the powerswitch on the psu at the back.
Enverex
30 Nov 2005, 11:07am
Not that it should be happening, but it's worth a try: Make sure "Wake on LAN" is turned off in the BIOS (may be named Magic Packet). But other than that, you'll have to do what Mackanz said, turn the PC off by the switch on the PSU itself.
TheGr81
30 Nov 2005, 1:48pm
Or else you might just try getting a new power supply. One of our computers has the same problem. It's been in multiple machines and does the same thing so (at least for me) it's not exclusive to MSI motherboards. A new, better quality PSU put my computer right... I'd suggest you do the same.
DBerwick
5 Aug 2008, 5:44pm
I had this problem too, so I looked at this forum and confirmed my assumption that it was probably in the Bios, and went in there. What I found, is that it was set to automatically start at 0 : 0 : 0, and everyday. I turned that auto-alarm function (or whatever) off, and I believe it should stop turning on.