Author Topic: Help with something odd (Read 418 times)

Sandman · « **on:** October 31, 2002, 01:07:37 PM »

Strangest thing happened last night...

I shut down my computer and it failed to finish the procedure and locked up. So I hit the reset button and then forced it into safe mode.

Once loaded, I shut it down.

At midnight, about thirty minutes later, I heard it come on. I Walked into the room and it was going through the boot up sequence.

After it finished, I shut it down again and as far as I know, it hasn't come back on.

What could cause this? As far as I know, PC machines don't just boot up. I used to play around with my Mac years ago and it would boot up in the middle of the night, dial the phone for an internet connection and then download NNTP information.

Any clues what could cause this?

FWIW... it's an ABiT Ka7 mainboard and an Athlon-750.

TIA...

Toad · « **Reply #1 on:** October 31, 2002, 01:16:27 PM »

You hearing any black helicopter noises in the night?

(J/K. I have no idea why it would do that.)

easymo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 31, 2002, 01:19:51 PM »

His mind dancing with images of anal probes. Sandman searches the night sky, wistfully.

vorticon · « **Reply #3 on:** October 31, 2002, 01:21:10 PM »

do you have a child or wife? because if you do then its them trying to get some more time on it and hid on you when they heard you go to it

Sandman · « **Reply #4 on:** October 31, 2002, 01:22:03 PM »

Nope... everyone was asleep. It was late. In any case... after cleaning out the various toejame my children install on my system while they are surfing for Nintendo cheat codes, I finally just put in a security password to keep them off of it.

vorticon · « **Reply #5 on:** October 31, 2002, 01:23:19 PM »

hmm thats the entire idea with the everyone asleep...up they get and on they go...if it wasnt them then i have no clue

Ripsnort · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2002, 02:09:39 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Nope... everyone was asleep. It was late. In any case... after cleaning out the various toejame my children install on my system while they are surfing for Nintendo cheat codes, I finally just put in a security password to keep them off of it.

Thats why I have 3

One for me, one for wife, one for the kids. Strange, I may be the only household for miles with 1 TV and 3 computers, instead of the other way around!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2002, 02:11:26 PM »

Oh, and one thing to check Sandman, is your task manager, it may have gotten activated by the kids.

Sandman · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2002, 02:21:52 PM »

Thanks Rip,
Can the task manager actually turn the computer on?

I'm with ya Rip... have three computers in the house on the LAN... two televisions...

Still, they'd decide they want to play Red Alert or Unreal Tournament or something and then start adding on to that... had to put a stop to it.

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2002, 02:24:39 PM »

Only if it went into "sleep" or "standby" mode.. if it was completely powered down, which it looks like it was if it went thru the boot-up process, then the only thing that would cause it to go on would be an electrical spike, someone pressing the on button... or a g-g-g-g-ghost!
-SW

Sandman · « **Reply #10 on:** October 31, 2002, 02:27:52 PM »

That's what I thought SW...

I know this can't happen on some of my older AT mainboards, but the ATX is always powered up to some extent. IIRC, it's got 12volt dc running all the time.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2002, 02:39:42 PM »

"Scheduled Tasks" = Task manager

Furious · « **Reply #12 on:** October 31, 2002, 03:44:43 PM »

Wake on LAN?

Remote Access?

Sandman · « **Reply #13 on:** October 31, 2002, 03:46:36 PM »

Was thinking wake on lan... but doesn't that just bring the machine out of sleep mode?