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    G1S turns on by itself in the middle of the night?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ilikeicehockey, Dec 12, 2007.

  1. ilikeicehockey

    ilikeicehockey Notebook Evangelist

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    hey guys,

    got a bit of a weird problem here, Over the past month or two, when I've woken up in the morning, I see that my G1S is turned on and is in the windows login screen. I woke up at 3:00AM once and also saw that the laptop was on. I also make sure that the computer is completely turned off before I sleep so I don't know whats going on. Basically, the computer is turning on by itself and is not turning back off. Is it a scan that I have scheduled to go on at 3:00 in the night? or is some hacker trying to hack my files..

    thanks guys
     
    ilikeicehockey, Dec 12, 2007
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  2. klutchrider

    klutchrider Notebook Evangelist

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    Your laptop is haunted.

    But on a real note, make sure wake on lan and everything else is disabled and diagnostic it from there.
     
    klutchrider, Dec 12, 2007
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  3. ilikeicehockey

    ilikeicehockey Notebook Evangelist

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    can you tell me how to do this? I don't know what wake on lan and all that diagnostic stuff is.
     
    ilikeicehockey, Dec 12, 2007
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    This could be caused by:

    Automatic updates for various software including Windows
    Media Center updates
    Scheduled defrags etc.

    Check the Task Scheduler and make sure that no task is set to wake up/power on the computer in order to start.


    The "Wake on" settings can be found in the BIOS. Make sure all of them are disabled.
    More info on this issue: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=183193
     
    E.B.E., Dec 12, 2007
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  5. ilikeicehockey

    ilikeicehockey Notebook Evangelist

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    thanks EBE, problem should be solved now, didn't know it was stupid VISTA, it has to be the WORST IDEA ever to have your comp. turn on by itself.
     
    ilikeicehockey, Dec 12, 2007
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  6. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    You wouldn't care on a desktop
     
    JCMS, Dec 12, 2007
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  7. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    yes you wouldn't. But it can easily kill a laptop which is kept in a bag overnight.

    I still say: Bad design, Microsoft! BOOO! :)
     
    E.B.E., Dec 13, 2007
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