Computer turns itself on

I might try resetting the Bios to its default values, then check your WOL feature.

That worked!! Or at least the .RAM file doesn't turn the sysem on anymore. Thanx

I noticed sometime this year that when there was fluctuation in the electricity supply or the power went off and was eventually restored the computer turns itself on. In the part of the world that I come from we do not always have electricity. Thsi could be a cause.

in the Power Management section. You probably have "restart on power restore" or some similar worded option enabled.

I intentionally have that enabled so that the system automatically boots when I turn the surge protector ON. The computer thinks that power was lost when I turned the power off by the surge protector switch.

I've got the same problem as kubli_khan. Pulling the network cable stops my Micron/AMD from turning on and booting to the logon screen by itself.

Anyone ever come up with a possible solution?

Thanks

before. I saw no sign that you ever came back to check replies.

Go into your BIOS, in the Power Management section set the option to user define, and then do not enable any of the options. Removing the network cable seems to make it obvious that WOL [wake on LAN] is enabled.

my computer is turning itself on at 0100 every morning. I disconnect the web and it still turned on..the only way to stop it is to pull the plug, but as soon as I plug it back in, the computer is on. I think it had something to do with microsoft pack 2..I tried to install it and got the dreaded blue screen..took computer to a tec and got that fixed, but ever since it is turning on....trying to get help from Dell, but still waiting

yours obviously has an option to have the sysrtem turn on at a set time [you can set for a different time] Simply disable that option.

Computer turns itself on every night at midnight and i have no idea why. How do i fix it. If i need to uncheck something please tell me where to go to uncheck it. step by step if you can.
Thanks.

The easy solution: turn off totally (either a mechanical power switch somewhere on the back or disconnect from the mains).
The somewhat more difficult solution: go into the BIOS setup and see if you can find a setting to wake up at ... or wake up on ... Then change that.

How to get into the BIOS depends on the the the make and model of the machine. Usually it's a key like del or esc or F1 or F10 early during the boot. Most PC's show something on the screen like "press del to enter setup". Some mention it only in the user guide that comes with it, and some don't even do that so you have to ask the tech support or look at the makers website or ask here, providing full details.

Hope this helps.


Kees