Re: PC Switching Itself On

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From: Ryan Hood (ryanhood_at_parkhood.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:44:50 +0100

Don't be like that. I was trying to help.

It was perfectly true, my machine went on fire. Flames came out the back.
The problem was I have a computer cupboard to keep my computer in. The air
doesn't flow to well around the computer. I shut the computer down closed
the doors for the night, next morning I found my machine on. Turned it off
at the plug to make sure it stays off. That night I turned the machine on
and there were flames coming out the back. I took it to the computer shop
who told me the powerpack had overheated. I got a new dell machine pluged in
my old dell monitor it didn't work. Tried a different monitor and yes it
worked. So I asked the computer shop whould it be possible for the monitor
to be blown also. He said yes. So had to throw it away.

Ryan Hood

P.S. What I was trying to say was be careful if your machine keeps
switiching itself back on. You don't want it to overheat.

"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
news:nm2eg0169lo0afu5rvrbtesv91pak3mal1@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:52:47 +0100, "Ryan Hood"
> <ryanhood@parkhood.com> wrote:
>
> >Ryan Hood
> >"Roger" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:4c4b01c473bf$6ed77be0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Yes, Mine turned out to be a LAN card with the Wake on
> >> active option set.
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> >I have a PC which is switching itself on at night when
> >> the PC isnt
> >> >being used. I have made sure I power down correctly and
> >> also make sure
> >> >all the lights on the PC are off but it is still
> >> switching itself on
> >> >at night. Has anyone herd about this at all? Please let
> >> me know,
> >> >Thanks. T.
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
>
> >Hi there,
> >
> >There will be something wrong with your power supply. I had the same
problem
> >but it got more serious. It overheated in the end and went on fire losing
> >all my data and also blowing up my monitor.
> >
> Huh? I'd like to say --never post here again-- if you are going to
> dispense garbage like this, but it is a free place so post all you
> want I guess. I just hope nobody takes you serious.
>
> This has NOTHING to do with the power supply. It is almost certainly
> occuring because the system BIOS is set to Wake on LAN (signal from a
> cable or DSL modem), Wake on Ring (when the phone rings), or both.
> Theses need to be turned off to correct the behavior.
>
> Now, did your computer really catch on fire? How did a power supply,
> not hooked up to your monitor, blow it up? THAT would be an
> interesting story.
>

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