Computer keeps turning itself on

phatbear

My computer keeps randomly turning itself on, I did'nt notice this happening before my good lady bought me a wireless keyboard and mouse, and since then the bleeding thing keeps doing it's own thing.

Has anybody got any ideas why or how rto remedy this issue.

Thanks for now

the bear

Reluctant_spender

You need to go through your settings as it would appear that some device is enabled to start the computer.

Control Panel - keyboard - double click - hardware - properties - power management

needaspirin

Look in Bios for keyboard power-on settings and disable. You may also have a jumper to set on your mainboard. If you can't fix it, post your mainboard Model No here. Also, is the new Kb transmitter connected via USB or the Kb and Mouse ports. If USB, your bios may be set to allow USB to power on PC.

chuckles1066

phatbear wrote:

My computer keeps randomly turning itself on, I did'nt notice this happening before my good lady bought me a wireless keyboard and mouse, and since then the bleeding thing keeps doing it's own thing.

Has anybody got any ideas why or how rto remedy this issue.

Thanks for now

the bear

I bet you've got a network Wake On Lan?

albertross_2

Does it do it when the phone rings?

phatbear

It doesnt seem to have an option for power management when i go through the control panel method.

My keyboard and mouse are connected through usb.

I wouldnt have a scooby what a wake on lan is.

And nope it doesnt happen when the phone rings.

Any further ideas guys and gals.

All the best for now

The Bear

albertross_2

you need to look in the bios settings for wake on lan, wake on ring.. by hitting a key at bootup.. del/F1/F2/esc or similar, it should come on screen when you first switch it on.

johnmc

I did'nt notice this happening before my good lady bought me a wireless keyboard and mouse

My keyboard and mouse are connected through usb.

If your keyboard is wireless it maybe that the receiver is picking up a stray signal which it is interpretting as keyboard input.

"LAN" = Local Area Network.
"Wake on LAN" = A setting in the BIOS which will enable the PC to "Wake" (note: not turn on) from Stand By when it percieves a message from another computer.
If the computer is waking when the phone rings there is a good probability that it has been configured as a fax machine, not the case here.

I suggest going into the BIOS and noting the settings for LAN.