Phantom Laptop Boot

[~decepticon~]

My laptop has started doing crazy things, when I turn it off and it is connected to the internet waits a minute or two and then boots up without me touching anything. I have been able to mitigate this by unplugging the internet connection prior to turning off. Anyone have an idea why this is happening?

 

[~decepticon~]

anyone?

 

[supakeli]

I have no idea what causes it, but my old desktop did this for a while just before the hard drive died.

 

[~decepticon~]

thanks supa, anyone else? Should I get it serviced?

 

[montanamo]

i have no clue, but it sounds like you should back-up your hard drive!

 

[technowelt]

Do you have Wake on LAN enabled in the BIOS?

 

[~decepticon~]

Do you have Wake on LAN enabled in the BIOS?

i dunno, how would i check that?

 

[technowelt]

Right after you power on the computer, you should see some text that says "Press <key> to enter setup" (Usually Del or F2, I believe). Press the required key, and you will enter the BIOS setup menu. Wake on LAN is usually under "Power Options". Make sure it is disabled.