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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc stpatryck <stpatryck@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello People,
> My Windows XP computer mysteriously turns on by itself after I shut
> it
> down.  Sometimes this happens after a few seconds or sometimes after
> a
> few minutes.
> I've read other postings on this topic and some say that it might be
> the wake on LAN or wake on ring feature in the BIOS.  My computer is
> not connected to a LAN, and I've disconnected the modem but it still
> turns on.
> I have an Abit NI8-SLI motherboard with a Pentium D 805 processor and
> an Antec 520W power supply.  It is a homebuilt system.
> Could it be that the power supply is faulty?  

Yes. Antec is one of these companies with shiny products,
good marketing and bad quality.

> A few days ago, i
> noticed that one of the loose power connectors arced against the
> chassis while it was powered on (I had the case open) and it shut
> down
> automatically.  Could I have damaged the power supply or motherboard?

Should not, but knowing Antec, it might very well have. 

Arno

stpatryck wrote:
> Hello People,
> My Windows XP computer mysteriously turns on by itself after I shut
> it
> down.  Sometimes this happens after a few seconds or sometimes after
> a
> few minutes.
> I've read other postings on this topic and some say that it might be
> the wake on LAN or wake on ring feature in the BIOS.  My computer is
> not connected to a LAN, and I've disconnected the modem but it still
> turns on.
> I have an Abit NI8-SLI motherboard with a Pentium D 805 processor and
> an Antec 520W power supply.  It is a homebuilt system.
> Could it be that the power supply is faulty?  A few days ago, i
> noticed that one of the loose power connectors arced against the
> chassis while it was powered on (I had the case open) and it shut
> down
> automatically.  Could I have damaged the power supply or motherboard?
> Please e-mail me at stpatryck "at" gmail.com

I had a standoff for the motherboard that was in the wrong place, shorting 
something out and causing the comp to turn itself on and off randomly.
-- 
Phil 

"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message 
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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc stpatryck <stpatryck@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello People,
>> My Windows XP computer mysteriously turns on by itself after I shut
>> it
>> down.  Sometimes this happens after a few seconds or sometimes after
>> a
>> few minutes.
>> I've read other postings on this topic and some say that it might be
>> the wake on LAN or wake on ring feature in the BIOS.  My computer is
>> not connected to a LAN, and I've disconnected the modem but it still
>> turns on.
>> I have an Abit NI8-SLI motherboard with a Pentium D 805 processor and
>> an Antec 520W power supply.  It is a homebuilt system.
>> Could it be that the power supply is faulty?
>
> Yes. Antec is one of these companies with shiny products,
> good marketing and bad quality.
>
>> A few days ago, i
>> noticed that one of the loose power connectors arced against the
>> chassis while it was powered on (I had the case open) and it shut
>> down
>> automatically.  Could I have damaged the power supply or motherboard?
>
> Should not, but knowing Antec, it might very well have.
>
> Arno
>


Check your BIOS for "wake-on-lan". If it's enabled, disable it. 

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> Gay computer?
>

Why Gay? Auto-erotic maybe.