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Something and nothing i think, or is it?
My pc, like others id imagine, goes into standy mode. The fan stops and its like it is switched off, and just pressing any key fires the fan back up and in seconds the screen is back on.
Lately though, the fan stops as it goes into standby mode, but immediatley its as if someone has pressed a key and it fires back up!
Any ideas? No we havent got a ghost lol!
My pc, like others id imagine, goes into standy mode. The fan stops and its like it is switched off, and just pressing any key fires the fan back up and in seconds the screen is back on.
Lately though, the fan stops as it goes into standby mode, but immediatley its as if someone has pressed a key and it fires back up!
Any ideas? No we havent got a ghost lol!
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Have you updated any drivers recently? One of my work laptops did this and blamed the keyboard driver for some reason ![Neutral](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif)
I guess you don't get an error message?
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I guess you don't get an error message?
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Yes i do at the mo Rich, but im 99.9% sure it was doing it without one in. Ill check that though cheers ![Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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you could always have a play around with the power options in control panel. configure it to do different things when you open/close the lid or press buttons etc....
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Could be a dirty mouse ball/laser depending on what sort of mouse you've got. The slightest movement in the mouse will turn it back on.
Go into power options and change it to go to standby, then you need to press the power button on the front of the machine to make it wake up!
Go into power options and change it to go to standby, then you need to press the power button on the front of the machine to make it wake up!
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Changed the setting for the power button, changed it to make the pc sleep rather than shut down. As soon as it went to sleep it fired straight back up!
Think my comp has insomnia!
Think my comp has insomnia!
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It's quite possible that it's your ethernet adaptor causing the problem.
If you go to Start menu type in devmgmt.msc into the search box, then press continue, when the window loads look for Network Adapters, then look for Ethernet, right click on ethernet, go to properties, then power management, look for a tickbox with text alongside saying allow this device to wake the computer. If it is ticked, untick it.
Also check your wireless card to see what power settings that is on also.
If you go to Start menu type in devmgmt.msc into the search box, then press continue, when the window loads look for Network Adapters, then look for Ethernet, right click on ethernet, go to properties, then power management, look for a tickbox with text alongside saying allow this device to wake the computer. If it is ticked, untick it.
Also check your wireless card to see what power settings that is on also.
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It's quite possible that it's your ethernet adaptor causing the problem.
If you go to Start menu type in devmgmt.msc into the search box, then press continue, when the window loads look for Network Adapters, then look for Ethernet, right click on ethernet, go to properties, then power management, look for a tickbox with text alongside saying allow this device to wake the computer. If it is ticked, untick it.
Also check your wireless card to see what power settings that is on also.
If you go to Start menu type in devmgmt.msc into the search box, then press continue, when the window loads look for Network Adapters, then look for Ethernet, right click on ethernet, go to properties, then power management, look for a tickbox with text alongside saying allow this device to wake the computer. If it is ticked, untick it.
Also check your wireless card to see what power settings that is on also.
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Will see when i log off tonight if its worked
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Could be a dirty mouse ball/laser depending on what sort of mouse you've got. The slightest movement in the mouse will turn it back on.
Go into power options and change it to go to standby, then you need to press the power button on the front of the machine to make it wake up!
Go into power options and change it to go to standby, then you need to press the power button on the front of the machine to make it wake up!
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